κλαίω

[in LXX chiefly for בָּכָה ;]

of any loud expression of pain or sorrow, esp. for the dead, to weep, lament;

__(a) intrans.: Mrk.5:38-39 14:72 (M, Pr. 131) Mrk.16:10, Luk.7:13, 32 7:38 8:52, Jhn.11:31, 33 16:20 20:11, 13 20:15 Act.9:39 21:13, 1Co.7:30, Php.3:18, Jas.4:9 5:1, Rev.5:5 18:15, 19; πολύ, Rev.5:4; πολλά, Act.8:24 (WH, mg.); πικρῶς, Mat.26:75, Luk.22:62; opposite to γελάω, Luk.6:21, 25; χαίρω, Rom.12:15; before ἐπί, with accusative, Luk.19:41 23:28, Rev.18:9;

__(b) trans. with accusative of person(s), to weep or lament for, bewail: Mat.2:18.†

SYN.: see: δακρύω (AS)

to weep; lament; lament for; bewail