Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v. i.) To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.
2. (v. i.) To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
3. (v. t.) To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, to croak disaster.
4. (n.) The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound.
Greek
2896. krazo -- to scream, cry out ... cry out. A primary verb; properly, to "
croak" (as a raven) or scream, ie (genitive
case) to call aloud (shriek, exclaim, intreat) -- cry (out).
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Enduring to the End
... the feet of the youthful herald of the cross; and when the blandishments of early
popularity have passed away, as soon they must, the harsh croak of slander ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 10 1864/enduring to the end.htm
The Greeks Claim, Without Reason, the Invention of the Arts.
... Twittering places of swallows, corrupters of art. Yet those who eagerly
pursue it shout lustily, and croak like so many ravens. ...
/.../tatian/tatians address to the greeks/chapter i the greeks claim without.htm
How we Should at all Times Praise God.
... my Lord all my uprightness lies in Thy boundless compassion. Beloved Lord, the frogs
praise Thee in the pool, and if they cannot speak, yet do they croak. ...
/.../suso/a little book of eternal wisdom/chapter xxv how we should.htm
Canaan
... Frogs were beginning to croak in the distance, and in the long grain here and there,
a nocturnal insect chirred and stilled abruptly as the young man passed. ...
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Where are the Nine?
... This leper's voice had returned to Him, and his 'loud' acknowledgments were very
different from the strained croak of his petition for healing. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/where are the nine.htm
Christ Pleads his Will
... should not be answered. The black raven of despair would croak the dirge
of eternal death on the graves of the godly. The living sons ...
/.../anderson/prayer availeth much/chapter 14 christ pleads his.htm
The Touch that Cleanses
... The form of the poor husky croak for help determined the form of the answer, and
the correspondence is marked by all the evangelists as a striking instance of ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the touch that cleanses.htm
On the Words of the Gospel, Matt. xviii. 15, "If Thy Brother Sin ...
... He remains outside with the raven's croak, [2759] because he had not the moaning
of the dove. "To-morrow, To-morrow;" is the raven's croak. ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xxxii on the words.htm
Thoughts on Talking
... of Westphalia gruntle as expressively through the nose as the inhabitants in High
German; and that the frogs in the dykes of Holland croak as intelligibly as ...
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A Sheaf of Prayer Arrows
... been created by Him. He that hears the raven's croak satisfies the necessities
that He has ordained in man and beast. But, for all ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/a sheaf of prayer arrows.htm
Thesaurus
Croak (1 Occurrence)... 3. (vt) To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as,
to
croak disaster.
... Multi-Version Concordance
Croak (1 Occurrence).
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Criticized (2 Occurrences)
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Plagues (28 Occurrences)
... in the beds, frogs baked with the food in the ovens, frogs in the kneading troughs
worked up with the flour; frogs with their monotonous croak, frogs with ...
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Egypt (596 Occurrences)
... in the beds, frogs baked with the food in the ovens, frogs in the kneading troughs
worked up with the flour; frogs with their monotonous croak, frogs with ...
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Bible Concordance
Croak (1 Occurrence)Zephaniah 2:14 And crouched in her midst have droves, Every beast of the nation, Both pelican and hedge-hog in her knobs lodge, A voice doth sing at the window, 'Destruction 'is' at the threshold, For the cedar-work is exposed.'
(See RSV)
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Criticized (2 Occurrences)
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