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Strong's G2805 κλαυθμός (klauthmos)

Klauthmos means “wailing” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2805 — chesheb (“curious girdle”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2805
Language Greek
Linked Usages 47
Books 22

Strong's G2805 Quick Answer

Strong's G2805 κλαυθμός (klauthmos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. klauthmos (klauth-mos') n. 1. lamentation [from G2799] It has 47 linked Bible usages across 22 books. Visible English usage signals include weeping, wailing, lamentation, and wept. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
klauthmos (klauth-mos') n. 1. lamentation [from G2799]
Usage
47 linked usages
Books
22 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
weeping, wailing, lamentation, and wept

Meaning and Definition

klauthmos (klauth-mos') n. 1. lamentation [from G2799] KJV: wailing, weeping, X wept Root(s): G2799

Original Word
κλαυθμός
Transliteration
klauthmos
Derivation
Root: κλαίω R1: 2799
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2805. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

weeping

Usage: κλαυθμός, -οῦ, ὁ (κλαίω), [in LXX chiefly for בְּכִי ;] crying, weeping, Act.20:37; κ. καὶ ὀδυρμός, Mat.2:18 (LXX); ὁ κ. καὶ ὁ βρυγμός, Mat.8:12 13:42, 50 22:13 24:51 25:30, Luk.13:28.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2805 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render klauthmos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

weeping Matthew 8:12 wailing Matthew 13:42 lamentation Matthew 2:18 wept Acts 20:37

How Strong's G2805 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 29 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2805 (κλαυθμός) appears 38 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2805 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2805 in the New Testament

9 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 2:18 KJV

In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

Matthew 8:12 KJV

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 13:42 KJV

And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Strong's G2805 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

29 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 45:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And he uttered his voice with weeping; and all the Egyptians heard, and it was reported to the house of Pharaoh.

Genesis 46:29 Septuagint / Brenton

And Joseph having made ready his chariots, went up to meet Israel his father, at the city of Heroes; and having appeared to him, fell on his neck, and wept with abundant weeping.

Deuteronomy 34:8 Septuagint / Brenton

And the children of Israel wept for Moses in Araboth of Moab at Jordan near Jericho thirty days; and the days of the sad mourning for Moses were completed.

Strong's G2805 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

9 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 5:60 Septuagint / Brenton

singing songs of thanksgiving, and praising the Lord, according as David the king of Israel had ordained.

1 Esdras 5:62 Septuagint / Brenton

And all the people sounded trumpets, and shouted with a loud voice, singing songs of thanksgiving unto the Lord for the rearing up of the house of the Lord.

1 Esdras 8:88 Septuagint / Brenton

Mightest not thou be angry with us to destroy us, till thou hadst left us neither root, seed, nor name?

Usage Excerpts

First 47 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2805.

Genesis 45:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he uttered his voice with weeping; and all the Egyptians heard, and it was reported to the house of Pharaoh.
Genesis 46:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph having made ready his chariots, went up to meet Israel his father, at the city of Heroes; and having appeared to him, fell on his neck, and wept with abundant weeping.
Deuteronomy 34:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel wept for Moses in Araboth of Moab at Jordan near Jericho thirty days; and the days of the sad mourning for Moses were completed.
Judges 21:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God: and they lifted up their voice and wept with a great weeping;
2 Kingdoms 13:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when he had finished speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voices and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept with a very great weeping.
4 Kingdoms 20:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lord, remember, I pray thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thine eyes. And Hezekiah wept with a great weeping.
Ezra 3:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
Job 16:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My belly has been parched with wailing, And darkness is on my eyelids.
Job 30:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My harp also has been turned into mourning, And my song into my weeping.
Psalms 6:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Depart from me, all ye that work iniquity; For the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.
Psalms 29:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For anger is in his wrath, But life in his favor: Weeping shall tarry for the evening, But joy shall be in the morning.
Psalms 101:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, And mingled my drink with weeping;
Isaiah 15:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Gird yourselves with sackcloth in her streets: and lament upon her roofs, and in her streets, and in her ways; howl all of you with weeping.
Isaiah 16:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore will I weep as with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; Heshbon and Elealeh have cast down thy trees; for I will trample on thy harvest and on thy vintages, and all thy plants shall fall.
Isaiah 22:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord, the Lord of hosts, called in that day for weeping, and lamentation, and baldness, and for girding with sackcloth:
Isaiah 30:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the holy people shall dwell in Zion: and whereas Jerusalem has wept bitterly, saying, Pity me; he shall pity thee: when he perceived the voice of thy cry, he hearkened to thee.
Isaiah 38:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Remember, O Lord, how I have walked before thee in truth, with a true heart, and have done that which was pleasing in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Isaiah 65:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and will be glad in my people: and there shall no more be heard in her the voice of weeping, or the voice of crying.
Jeremiah 3:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A voice from the lips was heard, even of weeping and supplication of the children of Israel: for they have dealt unrighteously in their ways, they have forgotten God their Holy One.
Jeremiah 22:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Weep not for the dead, nor lament for him: weep bitterly for him that goes away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native land.
Jeremiah 31:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for Luhith is filled with weeping: one shall go up weeping by the way of Horonaim; ye have heard a cry of destruction.
Jeremiah 31:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O vine of Aserema, as with the weeping of Jazer: thy branches are gone over the sea, they reached the cities of Jazer: destruction has come upon thy fruits, and upon thy grape-gatherers.
Jeremiah 38:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They went forth with weeping, and I will bring them back with consolation, causing them to lodge by the channels of waters in a straight way, and they shall not err in it: for I am become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Jeremiah 38:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A voice was heard in Ramah, of lamentation, and of weeping, and wailing; Rachel would not cease weeping for her children, because they are not.
Jeremiah 38:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord; Let thy voice cease from weeping, and thine eyes from thy tears: for there is a reward for thy works; and they shall return from the land of thine enemies.
Lamentations 5:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The chosen men lifted up the voice in weeping, And the youths fainted under the wood.
Joel 2:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now therefore, saith the Lord your God, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with lamentation:
Micah 7:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
therefore I will take away their goods as a devouring moth, and as one who acts by a rigid rule in a day of visitation. Woe, woe, thy times of vengeance are come; now shall be their lamentations.
Malachi 2:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these things which I hated, ye did: ye covered with tears the altar of the Lord, and with weeping and groaning because of troubles: is it meet for me to have respect to your sacrifice, or to receive anything from your hands as welcome?
Matthew 2:18 New Testament, KJV
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Matthew 8:12 New Testament, KJV
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 13:42 New Testament, KJV
And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 13:50 New Testament, KJV
And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 22:13 New Testament, KJV
Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 24:51 New Testament, KJV
And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 25:30 New Testament, KJV
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Luke 13:28 New Testament, KJV
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
Acts 20:37 New Testament, KJV
And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
1 Esdras 5:60 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
singing songs of thanksgiving, and praising the Lord, according as David the king of Israel had ordained.
1 Esdras 5:62 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the people sounded trumpets, and shouted with a loud voice, singing songs of thanksgiving unto the Lord for the rearing up of the house of the Lord.
1 Esdras 8:88 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Mightest not thou be angry with us to destroy us, till thou hadst left us neither root, seed, nor name?
Judith 7:29 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then there was great weeping with one consent in the midst of the assembly; and they cried unto the Lord God with a loud voice.
Judith 14:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore he cried with a loud voice, with weeping, and sighing, and a mighty cry, and rent his garments.
2 Maccabees 13:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So when they had all done this together, and besought the merciful Lord with weeping and fasting, and lying flat upon the ground three days long, Judas, having exhorted them, commanded they should be in a readiness.
Wisdom of Sirach 38:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Weep bitterly, and make great moan, And use lamentation, as he is worthy, And that a day or two, lest thou be evil spoken of: And then comfort thyself for thy heaviness;
Baruch 4:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
With joy did I nourish them; but sent them away with weeping and mourning.
Baruch 4:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For I sent you out with mourning and weeping: but God will give you to me again with joy and gladness forever.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2805, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 7 usages, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2805 FAQ

What does klauthmos (κλαυθμός) mean?

Klauthmos (Strong's G2805) is a Greek word most simply glossed "wailing". klauthmos (klauth-mos') n. 1. lamentation [from G2799]

How many times is klauthmos (κλαυθμός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 47 linked usages for Strong's G2805 across 22 books.

Where can I study klauthmos (κλαυθμός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2805 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate klauthmos (κλαυθμός)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as weeping, wailing, lamentation, and wept. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2805 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 29 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 9 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2805, with linked reader references where each row is available.