Hebrew word study

זָעַקzâʻaq — to shriek (from anguish or danger)

Pronounced “zaw-ak'”

to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly

Translated in the King James as: assemble, call (together), (make a) cry (out), come with such a company, gather (together), cause to be proclaimed.

Appears 73 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Exodus — 1×
Exodus 2:23
Joshua — 1×
Joshua 8:16
Judges — 13×
Judges 3:9Judges 3:15Judges 4:10Judges 4:13Judges 6:6Judges 6:7Judges 6:34Judges 6:35Judges 10:10Judges 10:14Judges 12:2Judges 18:22Judges 18:23
1 Samuel — 10×
1 Sam 4:131 Sam 5:101 Sam 7:81 Sam 7:91 Sam 8:181 Sam 12:81 Sam 12:101 Sam 14:201 Sam 15:111 Sam 28:12
2 Samuel — 5×
2 Sam 13:192 Sam 19:42 Sam 19:282 Sam 20:42 Sam 20:5
1 Kings — 1×
1 Ki 22:32
1 Chronicles — 1×
1 Chr 5:20
2 Chronicles — 3×
2 Chr 18:312 Chr 20:92 Chr 32:20
Nehemiah — 2×
Nehemiah 9:4Nehemiah 9:28
Esther — 1×
Esther 4:1
Job — 2×
Job 31:38Job 35:9
Psalms — 5×
Psalms 22:5Psalms 107:13Psalms 107:19Psalms 142:1Psalms 142:5
Isaiah — 6×
Isaiah 14:31Isaiah 15:4Isaiah 15:5Isaiah 26:17Isaiah 30:19Isaiah 57:13
Jeremiah — 8×
Jeremiah 11:11Jeremiah 11:12Jeremiah 20:8Jeremiah 25:34Jeremiah 30:15Jeremiah 47:2Jeremiah 48:20Jeremiah 48:31
Lamentations — 1×
Lam 3:8
Ezekiel — 4×
Ezekiel 9:8Ezekiel 11:13Ezekiel 21:12Ezekiel 27:30
Hosea — 2×
Hosea 7:14Hosea 8:2
Joel — 1×
Joel 1:14
Jonah — 2×
Jonah 1:5Jonah 3:7
Micah — 1×
Micah 3:4
Habakkuk — 2×
Habakkuk 1:2Habakkuk 2:11
Zechariah — 1×
Zech 6:8

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