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klaio

klaio {klah'-yo}
Greek: verb

Possible Definitions:
1a) to mourn, weep, lament - weeping as the sign of pain and grief for the thing signified (i.e. for the pain and grief) of those who mourn for the dead
1b) to weep for, mourn for, bewail, one - to shed tears, weep silently - to weep audibly, cry as a child - to give verbal expression to grief, to lament - to give formal expression to grief, to sing a dirge - to wail in oriental style, to howl in a consecrated, semi-liturgical fashion - to express grief by inarticulate or semi-articulate sounds, to groan

klaio {klah'-yo}

Greek: verb

of uncertain affinity;

Translated as:

weep (39 times)

bewail (1 time)

Total: 40 times

Strong's Number 2799

TDNT - 3:722,436

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