ΔΑΚΡΥΑ, δακρυα
DAKRYA, dakrya
Sounds Like: DAK-roo-ah
Translations: tears, a tear
From the root: ΔΑΚΡΥ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to tears, the drops of liquid that come from the eyes, typically as a result of crying due to emotion (sadness, joy, etc.) or irritation. It is commonly used in the plural to refer to a flow of tears.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1144 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:81
Codex Sinaiticus
- Tobit — 7:16
- Psalms — 41:4, 55:9
- Sirach — 22:19, 38:16
- Isaiah — 38:5
- Jeremiah — 9:17, 14:17
- Lamentations — 0:2, 2:18
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 6:109, 6:118, 6:123
- Book 4 — 8:195, 8:320
- Book 5 — 8:292, 10:343
- Book 6 — 5:74, 14:358
- Book 7 — 8:180
- Book 12 — 2:91, 10:407
- Book 13 — 11:316, 16:416
- Book 15 — 3:84
- Book 16 — 3:84, 4:100, 4:102, 8:265, 10:329
- Book 17 — 5:99
- Book 19 — 4:269
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 24:10
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Kings — 20:5
- Tobit — 7:16, 7:16
- 3 Maccabees — 6:22
- Psalms — 41:4, 55:9
- Sirach — 22:19, 32:18, 38:16
- Isaiah — 38:5
- Jeremiah — 9:18, 13:17, 14:17
- Lamentations — 1:2, 2:18
From the same root
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