Strong G214ἀλαλάζω
to wail
- Transliteration
- alalazō
- Pronunciation
- al-al-ad'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From ἀλαλή alalē (a shout halloo); to vociferate that is (by implication) to wail; figuratively to clang: - tinkle wail.
Detailed definition
ἀλαλάζω
(onomat. from the battle-cry ἀλαλά), [in LXX chiefly for רוּעַ hi., יָלַל;]
prop, to raise a war-cry, shout with triumph or joy; rarely of grief, to wail: Mrk.5:38 (cf. Jer.4:8); of a cymbal, ἀλαλάζον (RV. clanging), 1Co.13:1 (cf. ὀλολύζω).†
(AS)
(onomat. from the battle-cry ἀλαλά), [in LXX chiefly for רוּעַ hi., יָלַל;]
prop, to raise a war-cry, shout with triumph or joy; rarely of grief, to wail: Mrk.5:38 (cf. Jer.4:8); of a cymbal, ἀλαλάζον (RV. clanging), 1Co.13:1 (cf. ὀλολύζω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G214 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tinkling1
- wail1
First verses
- Mark 5:38And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
- 1 Corinthians 13:1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀλᾰλ-άζω,
future -άξομαι variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 593)], -άξω[LXX (LXX.Eze.27.30)]: aorist ἠλάλαξα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 981, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus (see. below), poetry ἀλάλαξα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.37)]:—middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 534, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 5.10.3: (formed from the cry ἀλαλαί))]: —raise the war-cry, τῷ Ἐνυαλίῳ ἠλάλαξαν (as variant for{ἠλέλιξαν}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.14, compare 6.5.27)]; middle, Arr.[same place]: with accusative cognate, νίκην ἀλαλάζειν shout the shout of victory, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 133.)]
2 generally, cry, shout aloud, Pi.[same place], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 855)]; especially in orgiastic rites, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 57)]; of Bacchus and Bacchae, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 593 (in _middle_), 1133, etc.)]; ὠλόλυξαν αἱ γυναῖκες, ἠλάλαξαν δὲ οἱ ἄνδρες[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 3.5.)]
3 rarely of a cry of pain or grief, ἠλάλαζε δυσθνἥσκων φόνὡ[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 843, LXX.Jer.4.8, +others, NT.Mark.5.38, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Luc” 28.)]
II rarely also of other sounds than the voice, sound loudly, ψαλμὸς δ᾽ ἀλαλάζει[NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 57; κύμβαλον ἀλαλάζον NT.1Cor.13.1.—poetical word, used by 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus and in late Prose.)]
future -άξομαι variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 593)], -άξω[LXX (LXX.Eze.27.30)]: aorist ἠλάλαξα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 981, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus (see. below), poetry ἀλάλαξα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.37)]:—middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 534, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 5.10.3: (formed from the cry ἀλαλαί))]: —raise the war-cry, τῷ Ἐνυαλίῳ ἠλάλαξαν (as variant for{ἠλέλιξαν}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.14, compare 6.5.27)]; middle, Arr.[same place]: with accusative cognate, νίκην ἀλαλάζειν shout the shout of victory, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 133.)]
2 generally, cry, shout aloud, Pi.[same place], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 855)]; especially in orgiastic rites, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 57)]; of Bacchus and Bacchae, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 593 (in _middle_), 1133, etc.)]; ὠλόλυξαν αἱ γυναῖκες, ἠλάλαξαν δὲ οἱ ἄνδρες[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 3.5.)]
3 rarely of a cry of pain or grief, ἠλάλαζε δυσθνἥσκων φόνὡ[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 843, LXX.Jer.4.8, +others, NT.Mark.5.38, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Luc” 28.)]
II rarely also of other sounds than the voice, sound loudly, ψαλμὸς δ᾽ ἀλαλάζει[NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 57; κύμβαλον ἀλαλάζον NT.1Cor.13.1.—poetical word, used by 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus and in late Prose.)]