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verb

Greekλακάω (lakaō)
Biblang

lakamō

Strong’sG2997

I burst asunder with a loud noise

stem lak-once in the New Testament1 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.

* 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.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
λάσκω,
imperfect ἔλασκον Refs 5th c.BC+: future λᾰκήσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+aorist 1 ἐλάκησα [ᾰRefsaorist 2 ἔλᾰκον, Epic dialect λάκον Refs 8th c.BC+: aorist 1 ἔληξα Refs 3rd c.BC+: perfect λέληκα Refs 8th c.BC+; participle feminine λελᾰκυῖα Refs 8th c.BC+ —middle, see below Refs:—ring, rattle, crash:
I of things, ring when struck, λάκε χαλκὸς νυσσομένων ξίφεσίν τε καὶ ἔγχεσι Refs 8th c.BC+; also λάκε δ᾽ ὀστέα the bones cracked, broke with a crash, Refs; λάκε δ᾽ ἀμφὶ πυρὶ ὕλη crackled, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἔλακον ἀξόνων βριθομένων χνόαι creaked under the weight, Refs 4th c.BC+ —this sense occurs only in aorist 2 active
II of animals, scream, of the falcon, ὀξὺ λεληκώς Refs 8th c.BC+; of the nightingale in the falcon's talons, τί λέληκα; Refs 8th c.BC+; also, of dogs, howl, bay, Σκύλλη.. δεινὸν λελακυῖα Od.[same place]; rare in Prose, οὐ μινυρίζει οὐδὲ λέληκεν, of the black eagle, Arist.[same place]:—this sense occurs only in perfect, except in Epic dialect aorist middle, κύνες λελάκοντο Refs
III of human beings, shout, scream, cry aloud, λέληκεν ἢν καὶ μηδέν᾽ ἀνθρώπων ὁρᾷ Refs 7th c.BC+; τί λέλακα; Refs 5th c.BC+: hence of Oracles, utter, Refs 5th c.BC+; also, sing, πρὸς αὐλόν Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 with accusative cognate, shriek forth, utter aloud, ὀλολυγμόν Refs 4th c.BC+; στονόεν λέλακε χώρα Refs 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.

burst open1×

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 itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
lakataἐλάκησενhappened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singularburst open1×

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 personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularlakamōlakamelakamilakamalakamēlakamelē
you 2nd person singularlakasōlakaselakasilakasalakasēlakaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularlakatōlakatelakatilakata1×ἐλάκησενlakatēlakatelē
we 1st person plurallakanōlakanelakanilakanalakanēlakanelē
ye 2nd person plurallakavōlakavelakavilakavalakavēlakavelē
they 3rd person plurallakalōlakalelakalilakalalakalēlakalelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularlakameiōlakameialakameiē
you 2nd person singularlakaseiōlakaseialakaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularlakateiōlakateialakateiē
we 1st person plurallakaneiōlakaneialakaneiē
ye 2nd person plurallakaveiōlakaveialakaveiē
they 3rd person plurallakaleiōlakaleialakaleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularlakasōrlakasarlakasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularlakatōrlakatarlakatēr
ye 2nd person plurallakavōrlakavarlakavēr
they 3rd person plurallakalōrlakalarlakalēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularlakamoiōlakamoia
you 2nd person singularlakasoiōlakasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularlakatoiōlakatoia
we 1st person plurallakanoiōlakanoia
ye 2nd person plurallakavoiōlakavoia
they 3rd person plurallakaloiōlakaloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicelakarōlakarilakaralakarē
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicelakarōntoslakarintoslakarantoslakarēntos

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+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen 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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

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

Acts 1:18… misthou tau adikiau, kai prēnos generantos lakata mesos, kai ekchita panteim teim splanchneim …… field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his …