- βοάω
- βοάω impf. ἐβόων Ac 21:34 v.l.; fut. βοήσω and βοήσομαι LXX; 1 aor. ἐβόησα, impv. βόησον (s. βοή; Hom.+)① to use one’s voice at high volume, call, shout, cry out, oft. w. φωνῇ μεγάλῃ (Phlegon: 257 Fgm. 36, 1, 1 Jac.; Plut., Coriol. 225 [25, 3]; Gen 39:14; 1 Macc 3:54; 13:45 al. LXX; Sus 46 and Bel 18 Theod.).ⓐ of emotionally charged cries: of joy abs. ῥῆξον κ. βόησον break forth and shout Gal 4:27; 2 Cl 2:1f (both Is 54:1; interpreted as prayer to God 2 Cl 2:2).—Of the shouts of excited crowds (Jos., Ant. 13, 376; cp. X., An. 4, 3, 22) Ac 17:6; 25:24; AcPl Ha 4, 35; 5, 11; 9, 21; 10, 30; MPol 12:2 v.l.ⓑ of pleading petitions or anguished outcries (Ael. Aristid. 48, 54 K.=24 p. 479 D.; β. τὸν θεόν) abs. B 3:5 (Is 58:9). W. dat. foll. (Sus 60 Theod. v.l. ἐβόησαν τ. θεῷ) Lk 18:7. W. πρός and acc. (Num 12:13; PsSol 1:1) ἐξ ἑνὸς στόματος β. πρὸς αὐτόν 1 Cl 34:7; πρὸς τὸν θεόν AcPl Ha 3, 8.—Of cry of anguish or for help: Jesus on the cross Mt 27:46 v.l.; Mk 15:34; evil spirits when leaving a person Ac 8:7 (in these three pass. β. φωνῇ μεγάλῃ; s. above); sick people Lk 9:38; 18:38 (s. ἀναβοάω; ἐβόησεν λέγων as Diog. L. 6, 44 ἐβόα λέγων; Ps.-Callisth. 1, 25, 1; 1 Km 5:10; Jdth 6:18; for pap relating to requests for healing s. New Docs 4, 245–50).ⓒ of solemn proclamation (Menand. Com. Fgm. 215, 5 Kö., in Diog. L. 6, 83 τὰ βοώμενα; Aelian, VH 3, 42 ἡ τραγῳδία βοᾷ; SibOr 3, 212) φωνὴ βοῶντος (φωνή 2e) Mt 3:3; Mk 1:3; Lk 3:4; J 1:23; B 9:3 (all Is 40:3).② to roar, of a lion ἐβόησεν μεγάλως AcPl Ha 2, 6.—B. 1250. Schmidt, Syn. I 125–35. DELG s.v. βοή. M-M. TW.
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