κλαίω,
[in LXX chiefly for בּכה;]
of any loud expression of pain or sorrow, esp. for the dead, to weep, lament;
(a) intrans.: Mk 5:38, 3914:72 (M, Pr., 131) Mk 16:[10], Lk 7:13, 32, 388:52, Jo 11:31, 3316:2020:11, 13, 15Ac 9:3921:13, I Co 7:30, Phl 3:18, Ja 4:95:1, Re 5:518:15, 19; πολύ, Re 5:4; πολλά, Ac 8:24 (WH, mg.); πικρῶς, Mt 26:75, Lk 22:62; opp. to γελάω, Lk 6:21, 25; χαίρω, Ro 12:15; seq. ἐπί, c. acc., Lk 19:4123:28, Re 18:9;
(b) trans., c. acc. pers., to weep or lament for, bewail: Mt 2:18.†
SYN.: v.s. δακρύω.