Quick Definition
βοή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. a shout
Strong's Definition
from 994; a halloo, i.e. call (for aid, etc.)
KJV Usage: cry
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς | βοάω
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βοή boē 1x
a cry, outcry, exclamation, Jas. 5:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βοή, -ῆς, ἡ,
[in LXX for זְעָקָה, etc. ;]
a cry: Ja 5:4.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
βοή (boē) — outcry. βοή, Doric dialect βοά, ἡ, loud cry, shout, in [Refs 8th c.BC+] mostly battle-cry, βοὴν ἀγαθός [Refs 8th c.BC+]; βοᾶς δ᾽ ἔτι μηδ᾽ ὄνομ᾽ εἴη let there be not even the name of war, [Refs]; later of prayer, Ἑλληνικὸν νόμισμα θυστάδος β. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κακοφάτιδα β. cry of mourning, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, song of joy, ἴτω ξύναυλος βοὰ χαρᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of oracles, ἀείδουσα.. βοὰς ἂς ἂν Ἀπόλλων κελαδήσῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; shout, murmur of a crowd, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, roar of the sea, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; sound of musical instruments, αὐλοὶ φόρμιγγές τε βοὴν ἔχον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; cry of birds, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βοὴν θωΰσσειν, ἀϋτεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσον καὶ ἀπὸ βοῆς ἕνεκα as far as sound went, only in appearance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. ={βοήθεια}, aid called for, succour, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. (g[uglide]o[uglide]ā, cf. Sanskrit jō-guvē (intensive of gávatē) 'proclaim aloud'.)