δακρύω

δακρύω

[in LXX for בָּכָה, etc. ;]

to weep, shed tears: Joh 11,35,†

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.