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Crying Bokim Hebrew toponym: ‘Weepers’ Israelites bewail their wrong doings. [O.T.: Judges 2:1–5] the weeping philosopher; melancholic personality. [Gk. Phil.: Hall, 98] tearfully washes Christ’s feet. [N.T.: Luke 7:37–38] weeps when her children are slain, even after Zeus turns her to stone. [Gk. Myth.: RHDC] Israel, for children slain by order of Herod. [N.T.: Matthew 2:16–18] dewdrops; teardrops shed for slain son. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 1065] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It was a curious sound--it seemed almost as if a child were crying somewhere. But all problems connected with infatuated swains vanished from her mind when she entered the homely, unsentimental atmosphere of the Green Gables kitchen where an eight-year-old boy was crying grievously on the sofa. It was quite a new plan to me: he always measured each bed before he weeded it, as if he was afraid the weeding would make it shrink; and once, when it came out longer than he wished, he set to work to thump the mouse with his little fist, crying out "There now |
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