Senses
1. tear, tears (weeping) — A drop or drops of saline liquid secreted by the lachrymal glands as an expression of grief, compassion, earnest prayer, or emotional distress. The singular and plural forms represent the same core meaning — physical tears shed in weeping. Multilingual evidence confirms uniform semantics: Spanish 'lágrima/lágrimas,' Arabic 'دَمْعَة/دُموع,' Hindi 'आँसू/आंसूओं,' Korean '눈물/눈물들,' Swahili 'chozi/machozi' all show only number inflection with no semantic differentiation. Used of Paul's pastoral tears (Acts 20:19, 31; 2 Cor 2:4; 2 Tim 1:4), the sinful woman's tears at Jesus' feet (Luke 7:38, 44), and eschatological consolation when God wipes away every tear (Rev 7:17; 21:4). 10×
AR["دَمعَةٍ","دَمْعَةٍ","دُموعٍ","دُموعَكَ","دُموعِ","دُمُوع","دُمُوعٍ","ـدُمُوعٍ"]·ben["অশ্রু","অশ্রুগুলির,","অশ্রুতে","অশ্রুর","অশ্রুর;"]·DE["Traene","δάκρυσιν","δακρύων"]·EN["tear","tears"]·FR["larme"]·heb["דְּמָעוֹת","דִּמְעָה"]·HI["अअनसुओन,","आँसुओं","आँसू","आँसू-के","आंसू","आंसूओं-से"]·ID["air-mata","itu"]·IT["dakrusin","lacrima"]·jav["eluh","luh","luh,","luh;"]·KO["눈물","눈물-을","눈물들과","눈물들로","눈물들을,","눈물로","눈물을"]·PT["lágrima","lágrimas","lágrimas,"]·RU["слезами","слезами,","слезу","слёз","слёзы"]·ES["lágrima","lágrimas"]·SW["-","chozi","machozi","mengi;"]·TR["gözyaşları","gözyaşlarını","gözyaşlarının","gözyaşlarıyla","gözyaşını"]·urd["آنسو","آنسوؤں","بالوں-سے","بھیگونے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
δάκρυ, τό, used by Poets for the sake of meter for δάκρυον in singular δάκρυ and dative plural δάκρυσι Refs 8th c.BC+:—tear, Refs 8th c.BC+ __II generally, drop, λιβάνου Refs 5th c.BC+. (Cf.Latin lacruma, Gothic tagr, ORefs 5th c.BC+ tear.)