verb
dakruamō
Strong’sG1145
I weep, shed tears
stem dakru-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
δακρύω
[in LXX for בָּכָה, etc.;]
SYN.: κλαίω, of audible weeping, to cry; ὀδύρομαι, of grief expressed verbally, to lament; θρηνέω, of formal lamentation, to sing a dirge; ἀλαλάζω, to wail in Oriental fashion; στενάζω, of grief expressed by inarticulate sounds, to groan.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1145 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddak-roo'-o
to shed tears
Fromfrom G1144;
King Jamesweep.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
first in Refs 4th c.BC+: future -ύσωRefs 5th c.BC+, later -ύσομαι Refs 3rd c.AD+: aorist ἐδάκρῡσα Refs 5th c.BC+, Epic dialect δάκρῡσα Refs 8th c.BC+: perfect δεδάκρῡκα Refs 4th c.AD+:—middle, δακρύεσθαι Refs 4th c.BC+: aorist δακρύσατο Refs 3rd c.AD+:—passive, present, Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect δεδάκρῡμαι Refs 8th c.BC+: [υ long in all tenses, except in late Poets, as Refs
I intransitive, weep, shed tears, Refs 8th c.BC+ to lament with tears, Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. βλέφαρα to flood them with tears, Refs 5th c.BC+ — passive, perfect δεδάκρυμαι to be in tears, τίπτε δεδάκρυσαι, Πατρόκλεε; Refs 8th c.BC+in tears, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2 of the eyes, run, Refs 4th c.BC+
I.3 of trees, exude gum, Refs 4th c.BC+
II with accusative, weep for, τινά Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be wept for, συμφορὰ δακρύεται Refs 5th c.BC+ (probably middle in Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| dakruataἐδάκρυσεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | wept | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | dakruamō | dakruame | dakruami | dakruama | dakruamē | dakruamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | dakruasō | dakruase | dakruasi | dakruasa | dakruasē | dakruaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | dakruatō | dakruate | dakruati | dakruata1×ἐδάκρυσεν | dakruatē | dakruatelē |
| we 1st person plural | dakruanō | dakruane | dakruani | dakruana | dakruanē | dakruanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | dakruavō | dakruave | dakruavi | dakruava | dakruavē | dakruavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | dakrualō | dakruale | dakruali | dakruala | dakrualē | dakrualelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | dakruameiō | dakruameia | dakruameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | dakruaseiō | dakruaseia | dakruaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | dakruateiō | dakruateia | dakruateiē |
| we 1st person plural | dakruaneiō | dakruaneia | dakruaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | dakruaveiō | dakruaveia | dakruaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | dakrualeiō | dakrualeia | dakrualeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | dakruasōr | dakruasar | dakruasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | dakruatōr | dakruatar | dakruatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | dakruavōr | dakruavar | dakruavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | dakrualōr | dakrualar | dakrualēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | dakruamoiō | dakruamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | dakruasoiō | dakruasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | dakruatoiō | dakruatoia |
| we 1st person plural | dakruanoiō | dakruanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | dakruavoiō | dakruavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | dakrualoiō | dakrualoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | dakruarō | dakruari | dakruara | dakruarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | dakruarōntos | dakruarintos | dakruarantos | dakruarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
dakru 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
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
dakruata“wept”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×
John 11:35dakruata tos Iēsus.Jesus wept.