verb

lakamō

Greekλακάω (lakaō)

Strong’sG2997

I burst asunder with a loud noise

stem lak-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

burst open1×

What it means

* λάσκω,

1. (in cl., poët.) to clang, crash, crack; in late prose, to crack or burst noisily: Ac 1:18 (ἐλάκησεν, perh., however, from λακέω, q.v.; Bl., in l.).

2. (in cl., prose) to scream, shout.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2997 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidlas'-kho

to crack open (from a fall)

Froma strengthened form of a primary verb, which only occurs in this and another prolonged form as alternate in certain tenses;

King Jamesburst asunder.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
lakataἐλάκησεν	happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular	burst open	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, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	lakamō	lakame	lakami	lakama	lakamē	lakamelē
you 2nd person singular	lakasō	lakase	lakasi	lakasa	lakasē	lakaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	lakatō	lakate	lakati	lakata1×ἐλάκησεν	lakatē	lakatelē
we 1st person plural	lakanō	lakane	lakani	lakana	lakanē	lakanelē
ye 2nd person plural	lakavō	lakave	lakavi	lakava	lakavē	lakavelē
they 3rd person plural	lakalō	lakale	lakali	lakala	lakalē	lakalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	lakameiō	lakameia	lakameiē
you 2nd person singular	lakaseiō	lakaseia	lakaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	lakateiō	lakateia	lakateiē
we 1st person plural	lakaneiō	lakaneia	lakaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	lakaveiō	lakaveia	lakaveiē
they 3rd person plural	lakaleiō	lakaleia	lakaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	lakasōr	lakasar	lakasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	lakatōr	lakatar	lakatēr
ye 2nd person plural	lakavōr	lakavar	lakavēr
they 3rd person plural	lakalōr	lakalar	lakalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	lakamoiō	lakamoia
you 2nd person singular	lakasoiō	lakasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	lakatoiō	lakatoia
we 1st person plural	lakanoiō	lakanoia
ye 2nd person plural	lakavoiō	lakavoia
they 3rd person plural	lakaloiō	lakaloia

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	lakarō	lakari	lakara	lakarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	lakarōtos	lakaritos	lakaratos	lakarētos

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

lakstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

lak 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

lakata“burst open”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×

Acts 1:18“burst open”Houtos men oun kteta chōriem ek misthou tau adikiau, kai prēnos gineratos lakata mesos, kai ekchita panteim teim splanchneim autou.(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.