Quick Definition
I shed tears, week
Strong's Definition
to shed tears
Derivation: from G1144 (δάκρυ);
KJV Usage: weep
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δακρύω: 1 aorist ἐδακρυσα; to weep, shed tears: Joh_11:35. (From Homer down. Synonym: see κλαίω, at the end.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δακρύω dakryō 1x
to shed tears, weep, Joh_11:35
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δακρύω ,
[in LXX for H1058 , etc.;]
to weep, shed tears: Joh_11:35 .†
SYN.:
κλαίω G2799 , of audible weeping, to cry;
ὀδύρομαι G3602 , of grief expressed verbally, to lament;
θρηνέω G2354 , of formal lamentation, to sing a dirge;
ἀλαλάζω G214 , to wail in Oriental fashion;
στενάζω G4727 , of grief expressed by inarticulate sounds, to groan.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δακρύω [page 135]
δακρύω survives as δακρύζω to-day, with ptc. δακρυσμένος = red with weeping. It may be quoted from Preisigke 373, an undated tombstone, Μάγνα , [σὲ ] θανοῦσ [αν ] πᾶσα γῆ δακρυσά [τω .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
δακρύω intr. "to weep, shed tears", Hom. , etc.; c. acc. cogn., δ. γόους to lament "with tears", Soph. : c. gen. causae, "to weep for" a thing, Eur. :—also, δ. βλέφαρα "to flood" them "with tears", id=Eur. :—so perf. pass. "to be tearful, be all in tears", Il. of trees (cf. δάκρυον), Luc. c. acc. "to weep for, lament", Aesch. , Soph. , etc.:—Pass. "to be wept for", Aesch. , Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
δακρύω
[in LXX for בָּכָה, etc. ;]
to weep, shed tears: Jhn.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. (AS)