Verb klaiō (to weep) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV)


Matthew

2: 18"A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping (klaiō) for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they are no more."
26: 75Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: "Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times." And he went out and wept (klaiō) bitterly.

Mark

5: 38When they came to the house of the leader of the synagogue, he saw a commotion, people weeping (klaiō) and wailing loudly.
5: 39When he had entered, he said to them, "Why do you make a commotion and weep (klaiō)? The child is not dead but sleeping."
14: 72At that moment the cock crowed for the second time. Then Peter remembered that Jesus had said to him, "Before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he broke down and wept (klaiō).
16: 10She went out and told those who had been with him, while they were mourning and weeping (klaiō).

Luke

6: 21"Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. "Blessed are you who weep (klaiō) now, for you will laugh.
6: 25"Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. "Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep (klaiō).
7: 13When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, "Do not weep (klaiō)."
7: 32They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not weep (klaiō).'
7: 38She stood behind him at his feet, weeping (klaiō), and began to bathe his feet with her tears and to dry them with her hair. Then she continued kissing his feet and anointing them with the ointment.
8: 52They were all weeping (klaiō) and wailing for her; but he said, "Do not weep (klaiō); for she is not dead but sleeping."
19: 41As he came near and saw the city, he wept (klaiō) over it,
22: 62And he went out and wept (klaiō) bitterly.
23: 28But Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep (klaiō) for me, but weep (klaiō) for yourselves and for your children.

John

11: 31The Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary get up quickly and go out. They followed her because they thought that she was going to the tomb to weep (klaiō) there.
11: 33When Jesus saw her weeping (klaiō), and the Jews who came with her also weeping (klaiō), he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved.
16: 20Very truly, I tell you, you will weep (klaiō) and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will have pain, but your pain will turn into joy.
20: 11But Mary stood weeping (klaiō) outside the tomb. As she wept (klaiō), she bent over to look into the tomb;
20: 13They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping (klaiō)?" She said to them, "They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him."
20: 15Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping (klaiō)? Whom are you looking for?" Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away."

Acts

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9: 39So Peter got up and went with them; and when he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs. All the widows stood beside him, weeping (klaiō) and showing tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was with them.
21: 13Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping (klaiō) and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."