Quick Definition
βοάω v. I shout, call aloud
Strong's Definition
apparently a prolonged form of a primary verb; to halloo, i.e. shout (for help or in a tumultuous way)
KJV Usage: cry
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βοάω boaō 12x
to cry out; to exclaim, proclaim, Mt. 3:3; 15:34; Acts 8:7; πρός τινα, to invoke, implore the aid of any one, Lk. 18:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βοάω, -ῶ
(< βοή), [in LXX chiefly for זעק, צעק, קרא ;]
absol., to cry, call out: Mt 3:3, 27:46, Mk 1:3 15:34, Lk 3:4 9:38 18:38, Jo 1:23, Ac 8:7 17:6 25:24, Ga 4:27.
C. dat., to call on for help (Heb. זעק על, Ho 7:14, al.), Lk 18:7.†
SYN.: καλέω, to call, invite, summon; κράζω, to cry, harshly or inarticulately, as animals; κραυγάζω, intensive of κράζω. βοάω expresses emotion, whether joy, fear, etc.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
βοάω. The manifestation of strong feeling, which isthe distinguish- | ing note of this verb, comes out well in a fragmentary petition written under much excitement, P Oxy IV. 7179 (late (i/B.c.) | ἐγὼ οὖν ἐβόων Kal ἔκραζον, cf. 12, 15,1... See also P Oxy I. | 4115 (iii/iv A.D.) ὁ δῆμος éBdqoev—the account of a popular | , βοηθεω demonstration. For similar acclamations in the inscriptions we may cite Sy/7 607% (iii/iv a.b.) ἐβ(όησαν) ot σύνεδροι. “Παμφίλῳ καλὴ ἢ (εἰσ)ήγησις. οὕτω γεινέσθω," and the compound ἐξ(εβόησαν) in 20. 73713.33 (ii/iii A.D.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
βοάω (boaō) — to cry out. βοάω, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular βοάᾳ, 3rd.pers. plural βοόωσιν, participle βοόων, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Ionic dialectimperfect βοάασκε [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: future βοήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect βοάσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry) is aorist subjunctive): aorist ἐβόησα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect βόησα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect βόασα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect ἔβωσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect βεβόηκα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, βοώμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]: Epic dialect aorist βοήσατο [Refs 4th c.AD+], Ionic dialect ἐβώσατο [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; participle βοησάμενος [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, Ionic dialect aorist ἐβώσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect βεβόημαι [Refs], Ionic dialect participle βεβωμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐβεβόητο [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—cry aloud, shout, ὀξὺ βοήσας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ βοησόμενοι men ready to shout (in the ἐκκλησία), [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ δῆμος ἐβόησευ.., of acclamations, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. of things, roar, howl, as the wind and waves, οὔτε.. κῦμα τόσον βοάᾳ ποτὶ χέρσον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; resound, echo, ἀμφὶ δέ τ᾽ ἄκραι ἠϊόνες βοόωσιν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; βοᾷ δ᾽ ἐν ὠσὶ κέλαδος rings, [Refs]; τὸ πρᾶγμα φανερόν ἐστιν, αὐτὸ γὰρ βοᾷ it proclaims itself, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. with accusative person, call to one, call on, [Refs 5th c.BC+] — middle βοησάμενοι δαίμονας Ant.Lib. [prev. cited]
II.2. with accusative, call for, shout out for, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. with accusative cognate, β. βοάν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. μέλος, ἰωάν, [Refs 5th c.BC+] sound aloud the bridal hymn in honour of the bride, [Refs]; ἔλεγον ἰήϊον ἐβόα κίθαρις [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4. noise abroad, celebrate, ἡ ῥάφανος ἣν ἐβοᾶτε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βεβοῆσθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ Μαραθῶνος, ἐκ τῶν ἀδικημάτων, [Refs]
II.5. with infinitive, cry aloud or command in aloud noice to do a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, cry aloud that.., Epicrat. 11.31 (anapaest meter); β. ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.6. passive, to be filled with sound, πᾶσαν δὲ χρὴ γαῖαν βοᾶσθαι ὑμνῳδίαις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be deafened, [Refs 5th c.BC+]