verb
alalazamō
Strong’sG214
I cry aloud, a clanging or clashing cymbal
stem alalaz-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἀλαλάζω
(onomat. from the battle-cry ἀλαλά), [in LXX chiefly for רוּעַ hi., יָלַל;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G214 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidal-al-ad'-zo
to vociferate, i.e. (by implication) to wail; figuratively, to clang
Fromfrom ἀλαλή ( a shout, "halloo");
King Jamestinkle, wail.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future -άξομαι variant in Refs 5th c.BC+, -άξωLXX: aorist ἠλάλαξαRefs 5th c.BC+:—middle, Refs 5th c.BC+: —raise the war-cry, τῷ Ἐνυαλίῳ ἠλάλαξαν (as variant for{ἠλέλιξαν}) Refs 5th c.BC+; middle, Arr.[same place]: with accusative cognate, νίκην ἀλαλάζειν shout the shout of victory, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 generally, cry, shout aloud, Pi.[same place], Refs 5th c.BC+; especially in orgiastic rites, Refs 4th c.BC+; of Bacchus and Bacchae, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὠλόλυξαν αἱ γυναῖκες, ἠλάλαξαν δὲ οἱ ἄνδρεςRefs 3rd c.AD+
3 rarely of a cry of pain or grief, ἠλάλαζε δυσθνἥσκων φόνὡNT+5th c.BC+
II rarely also of other sounds than the voice, sound loudly, ψαλμὸς δ᾽ ἀλαλάζειNT+5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| alalazarōntemἀλαλάζον | happening now · subjectpresent active participle direct singular neuter | clanging | 1× |
| alalazarōntoinἀλαλάζοντας | happening now · objectpresent active participle accusative plural masculine | wailing | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | alalazamō | alalazame | alalazami | alalazama | alalazamē | alalazamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | alalazasō | alalazase | alalazasi | alalazasa | alalazasē | alalazaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | alalazatō | alalazate | alalazati | alalazata | alalazatē | alalazatelē |
| we 1st person plural | alalazanō | alalazane | alalazani | alalazana | alalazanē | alalazanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | alalazavō | alalazave | alalazavi | alalazava | alalazavē | alalazavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | alalazalō | alalazale | alalazali | alalazala | alalazalē | alalazalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | alalazameiō | alalazameia | alalazameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | alalazaseiō | alalazaseia | alalazaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | alalazateiō | alalazateia | alalazateiē |
| we 1st person plural | alalazaneiō | alalazaneia | alalazaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | alalazaveiō | alalazaveia | alalazaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | alalazaleiō | alalazaleia | alalazaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | alalazasōr | alalazasar | alalazasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | alalazatōr | alalazatar | alalazatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | alalazavōr | alalazavar | alalazavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | alalazalōr | alalazalar | alalazalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | alalazamoiō | alalazamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | alalazasoiō | alalazasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | alalazatoiō | alalazatoia |
| we 1st person plural | alalazanoiō | alalazanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | alalazavoiō | alalazavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | alalazaloiō | alalazaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | alalazarō | alalazari | alalazara | alalazarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | alalazarōntos2× | alalazarintos | alalazarantos | alalazarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
alalaz is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
alalazarōntem“clanging”happening now · subjectpresent active participle direct singular neuter1×
1 Corinthians 13:1… echameiō, genamē chalkos ēcharōntos ē kumbalem alalazarōntem.… only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.
alalazarōntoin“wailing”happening now · objectpresent active participle accusative plural masculine1×
Mark 5:38… kai theōratō thorubon kai klaiarōntoin kai alalazarōntoin polleim,… commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly.