βοή,
Dor. βοά, ἡ,
I loud cry, shout, in Hom. mostly battle-cry, βοὴν ἀγαθός Il. 2.408, al.; βοᾶς δ’ ἔτι μηδ’ ὄνομ’ εἴη let there be not even the name of war, Thcoc. 16.97; later of prayer, Ἑλληνικὸν νόμισμα θυστάδος β. A. Th. 269; κακοφάτιδα β. cry of mourning, Id. Pers. 936 (lyr.); β. καὶ οἶκτος And. 1.48; κραυγὴ καὶ β. D. 54.9; also, song of joy, ἴτω ξύναυλος βοὰ χαρᾷ E. El. 879 (lyr.), cf. Pi. N. 3.67, Ar. Ra. 212; of oracles, ἀείδουσα.. βοὰς ἂς ἂν Ἀπόλλων κελαδήσῃ E. Ion 92 (lyr.); shout, murmur of a crowd, Pl. Lg. 700c (pl.); θόρυβος καὶ β. Id. Ti. 70e; of things, roar of the sea, Od. 24.48; sound of musical instruments, αὐλοὶ φόρμιγγές τε βοὴν ἔχον Il. 18.495, cf. Pi. O. 3.8, P. 10.39 (pl.); β. σάλπιγγος A. Th. 394; cry of birds, S. Ant. 1021; θηρίων β. E. Ba. 1085; βοὴν θωΰσσειν, ἀϋτεῖν, S. Aj. 335, E. Hec. 1092 (lyr.); ἐφθέγξατο βοή τις Id. IT 1386; βοάσομαι τὰν ὑπέρτονον βοάν Phryn.Com. 46 (lyr.); βοὴν ἱστάναι Antiph. 196.2; ὅσον καὶ ἀπὸ βοῆς ἕνεκα as far as sound went, only in appearance, Th. 8.92, cf. X. HG 2.4.31.
II = cross βοήθεια, aid called for, succour, A. Supp. 730, Ag. 1349. S. OC 1057 (lyr.). (g[uglide]o[uglide]â, cf. Skt. jô-guvç (intensive of gávatç) ’proclaim aloud’.)
βοή boē 1x
a cry, outcry, exclamation, [Jas 5:4]