verb
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,
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
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | lakarōntos | lakarintos | lakarantos | lakarēntos |
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
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 …