κλαίω

Verb

klaiō · to weep

Search morphology

Strong's ID: 2799

Lexical summary

40

NT occurrences

23

Observed forms

About this Greek word

Intrans. to weep, shed tears, Mt. 26:75; Mk. 5:38, 39; Lk. 19:41; 23:28; trans. to weep for, bewail, Mt. 2:18

Principal-part candidates

Citation forms are shown separately from the NT forms that support them. Reconstructed forms are labeled; unsupported forms are left unavailable.

Present

Lexicon lemma

κλαίωPresent active

NT evidence

Future

Reconstructed from NT-attested forms

κλαύσωFuture active

NT evidence

Aorist

Citation form not reconstructed

Not available from current evidenceAorist active

NT evidence

Perfect active

No supporting NT evidence

Not available from current evidencePerfect active

No NT forms support this principal part.

Perfect middle/passive

No supporting NT evidence

Not available from current evidencePerfect middle/passive

No NT forms support this principal part.

Aorist passive

No supporting NT evidence

Not available from current evidenceAorist passive

No NT forms support this principal part.

Observed NT forms

These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.

Finite verb paradigms

Indicative mood

Indicative mood, grouped by number
NumberPersonPresent ActiveImperfect ActiveFuture ActiveAorist ActiveReferences
SingularFirst—
——
Second
———
John 20:13
Third—
—
PluralSecond
—
Third
—

Subjunctive mood

Subjunctive mood, grouped by number
NumberPersonAorist ActiveReferences
SingularThird

Imperative mood

Imperative mood, grouped by number
NumberPersonPresent ActiveAorist ActiveReferences
SingularSecond
—
Luke 7:13
PluralSecond

Infinitive

Infinitive forms grouped by voice and tense
VoicePresent
Active

Participle paradigms

Present Active participles

Present Active participles, grouped by number and case
NumberCaseMasculineFeminineReferences
SingularNominative
Genitive———
Dative———
Accusative—
Vocative———
PluralNominative
Genitive
—
Dative
—
Accusative
—
Mark 5:38
Vocative———

NT distribution

NT Book

κλαίω

Book distribution counts: Luke: 11 occurrences; John: 8 occurrences; Revelation: 6 occurrences; Mark: 4 occurrences; Acts: 2 occurrences; James: 2 occurrences; Romans: 2 occurrences; Matthew: 2 occurrences; 1 Corinthians: 2 occurrences; Philippians: 1 occurrences

Author

κλαίω
  • John14
  • Luke13
  • Paul5
  • Mark4
  • James2
  • Matthew2

Author distribution counts: John: 14 occurrences; Luke: 13 occurrences; Paul: 5 occurrences; Mark: 4 occurrences; James: 2 occurrences; Matthew: 2 occurrences