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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 2805. κλαυθμός (klauthmos) -- Weeping, lamentation</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/2805.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/matthew/12-37.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/2805.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 2805</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/2804.htm" title="2804">◄</a> 2805. klauthmos <a href="../greek/2806.htm" title="2806">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">klauthmos: Weeping, lamentation</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">κλαυθμός</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>klauthmos<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>klowth-MOS<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(klowth-mos')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Weeping, lamentation<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>weeping, lamentation, crying.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the verb κλαίω (klaio), meaning "to weep" or "to lament."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often associated with "klauthmos" is בְּכִי (beki), which also means weeping or lamentation. This term appears in contexts of mourning and sorrow, such as in Genesis 45:2 and Jeremiah 31:15.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "klauthmos" refers to the act of weeping or lamentation, often associated with deep sorrow or mourning. It is used in the New Testament to describe both literal and metaphorical weeping, indicating profound emotional distress or regret.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near Eastern culture, weeping was a common expression of grief and was often public and communal. Mourning rituals included loud lamentations, tearing of garments, and the use of ashes. In the Jewish tradition, weeping was a significant part of mourning the dead, expressing repentance, or lamenting over sin and its consequences.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 2805</b> <i>klauthmós</i> (from <a href="/greek/2799.htm">2799</a> <i>/klaíō</i>, "to grieve audibly") – <i>bitter</i> grief that springs from feeling utterly hopeless. <a href="/greek/2805.htm">2805</a> <i>/klauthmós</i> ("wailing") is usually accompanied by shrieks, brought on by <i>uncontainable emotional </i>(<i>psychological</i>)<i> pain</i>.</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/2799.htm">klaió</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>weeping<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>weep (1), weeping (9).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2805: κλαυθμός</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">κλαυθμός</span></span>, <span class="greek2">κλαυθμοῦ</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> (<span class="greek2">κλαίω</span>); from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down; the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">בְּכִי</span>; <span class="accented">weeping, lamentation</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/2-18.htm">Matthew 2:18</a>; (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Matthew 8:12>); <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Matthew 13:42,50; 22:13; 24:51; 25:30>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/13-28.htm">Luke 13:28</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/20-37.htm">Acts 20:37</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>wailing, weeping<p>From <a href="/greek/2799.htm">klaio</a>; lamentation -- wailing, weeping, X wept. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2799.htm">klaio</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>κλαυθμοί κλαυθμόν κλαυθμος κλαυθμός κλαυθμὸς κλαυθμού κλαυθμώ Κλαυθμών Κλαυθμώνα κλαυθμώνος klauthmos klauthmòs<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/2-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 2:18</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Ῥαμὰ ἠκούσθη <b>κλαυθμὸς</b> καὶ ὀδυρμὸς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> IN RAMAH, <span class="itali">WEEPING</span> AND GREAT<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> lamentation, and <span class="itali">weeping,</span> and great<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/2-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Ramah was heard <span class="itali">weeping</span> and mourning<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/8-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 8:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔσται ὁ <b>κλαυθμὸς</b> καὶ ὁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in that place there <span class="itali">will be weeping</span> and gnashing<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> there shall be <span class="itali">weeping</span> and gnashing<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will be the <span class="itali">weeping</span> and the<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/13-42.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 13:42</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔσται ὁ <b>κλαυθμὸς</b> καὶ ὁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in that place <span class="itali">there will be weeping</span> and gnashing<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> there shall be <span class="itali">wailing</span> and gnashing<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-42.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will be the <span class="itali">weeping</span> and the<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/13-50.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 13:50</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔσται ὁ <b>κλαυθμὸς</b> καὶ ὁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in that place there <span class="itali">will be weeping</span> and gnashing<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> there shall be <span class="itali">wailing</span> and gnashing<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-50.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will be the <span class="itali">weeping</span> and the<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/22-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 22:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/22.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔσται ὁ <b>κλαυθμὸς</b> καὶ ὁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in that place there <span class="itali">will be weeping</span> and gnashing<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> there shall be <span class="itali">weeping</span> and gnashing<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/22-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will be the <span class="itali">weeping</span> and the<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/24-51.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 24:51</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/24.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔσται ὁ <b>κλαυθμὸς</b> καὶ ὁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> there <span class="itali">will be weeping</span> and gnashing<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> there shall be <span class="itali">weeping</span> and gnashing<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-51.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will be the <span class="itali">weeping</span> and the<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/25-30.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 25:30</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/25.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔσται ὁ <b>κλαυθμὸς</b> καὶ ὁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/25.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in that place there <span class="itali">will be weeping</span> and gnashing<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/25.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> there shall be <span class="itali">weeping</span> and gnashing<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/25-30.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will be the <span class="itali">weeping</span> and the<p><b><a href="/text/luke/13-28.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 13:28</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔσται ὁ <b>κλαυθμὸς</b> καὶ ὁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> there <span class="itali">will be weeping</span> and gnashing<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> There shall be <span class="itali">weeping</span> and gnashing<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/13-28.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will be the <span class="itali">weeping</span> and the<p><b><a href="/text/acts/20-37.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 20:37</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/20.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἱκανὸς δὲ <b>κλαυθμὸς</b> ἐγένετο πάντων</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/20.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">And they [began] to weep</span> aloud<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And they all <span class="itali">wept</span> sore, and<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/20-37.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> much moreover <span class="itali">weeping</span> there was of all<p><b><a href="/greek/2805.htm">Strong's Greek 2805</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2805.htm">9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/klauthmos_2805.htm">κλαυθμὸς — 9 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/2804.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2804"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2804" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2806.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2806"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2806" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>