βοάω
boaō
- to cry out
- to cry, call out
- to call on
STEPBible TBESG
Glosses: to cry out
βοάω, -ῶ
(βοή), [in LXX chiefly for זעק, צעק, קרא ;]
__1. absol. to cry, call out: Mat.3:3, 27:46, Mrk.1:3 15:34, Luk.3:4 9:38 18:38, Jhn.1:23, Act.8:7 17:6 25:24, Gal.4:27.
__2. C. dative, to call on for help (Heb. זעק על, Hos.7:14, al.), Luk.18:7.†
SYN.: καλέω, to call, invite, summon; κράζω, to cry, harshly or inarticulately, as animals; κραυγάζω, intensive of κράζω. βοάω expresses emotion, whether joy, fear, etc. (AS)
Abbott-Smith
Glosses: to cry, call out; to call on
to cry, call out; to call on