noun · feminine

boas

Greekβοή (boē)

Strong’sG995

a shout

stem bo-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

cries1×

What it means

βοή, -ῆς, ἡ,

[in LXX for זְעָקָה, etc.;]

a cry: Ja 5:4.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G995 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidbo-ay'

a halloo, i.e. call (for aid, etc.)

Fromfrom G994;

King Jamescry.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	boas	boais1×βοαὶ
object accusative	boan	boain
direct address vocative	boar	boair
of, belonging to genitive	boau	boaiu
to, for dative	boa	boai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

bostem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

boa is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

boamō — βοάω, I shout, call aloud boos — Βόος, Boaz

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

boais“cries”subjectnominative plural1×

James 5:4“cries”idou tos misthos toiu ergatoiu toiu amaratoiu tain chōrain vu tos afusterirētos apo vu krazatō, kai tais boais toiu therizaratoiu eis teim oueim Kuriou Sabaōth eiserchalē;Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.