Dictionary entry

κράζω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament with Strong's

κράζω,

[in LXX for זעק, צעק, קרא, etc.;]

in cl. chiefly poët.,

1. prop. onomatop., of the raven, to croak, hence generally, of inartic. cries, to scream, cry out (Æsch., al.): Mk 5:59:2615:39 (Rec., R, mg.), Lk 9:39, al.; of crying for vengeance (cf. Ge 4:10), Ja 5:4.

2. to cry, callout with a loud voice: c. acc. rei, Ac 19:32; seq. orat. dir., Mk 10:48, Lk 18:39, al.; (ἐν) φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, Mk 5:7, Re 14:15, al.; λέγων, Mt 8:29, al.; of public teaching, Jo 1:15, Ro 9:27, al.; of importunate prayer (cf. Jb 35:12, Ps 3:5, al.), Ro 8:15, Ga 4:6; pf. with pres. sense (vernac.; M, Pr., 147), Jo 1:15.

SYN.: v.s. βοάω.