זְעָקָה

zeaqah

ze-a-KAH

outcry, cry for help

Where it comes from

A scream, not a prayer — the sound of someone being wronged. Sodom’s cry reaches God before any prophet reports it, and the same word is used later of Israel under Egypt.

Every place it appears

Strong's H2201. It stands in 19 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Genesis 18:20

And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

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