verb
ololuzamō
Strong’sG3649
I howl, lament loudly
stem ololuz-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.
ὀλολύζω
(onomatop.), [in LXX chiefly for ילל hi.;] (in Hom., of women crying to the gods in prayer or thanksgiving),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3649 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidol-ol-odd'-zo
to "howl" or "halloo", i.e. shriek
Froma reduplicated primary verb;
King Jameshowl.
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
Refs 8th c.BC+: future -ύξομαιRefs 5th c.BC+, later -ύξω LXXaorist ὠλόλυξα, Epic dialect ὀ. (see. below):—cry with a loud voice, in Refs 8th c.BC+ especially of women crying aloud to the gods in prayer or thanksgiving, ὣς εἰποῦσ᾽ ὀλόλυξε· θεὰ δέ οἱ ἔκλυεν ἀρῆς Refs 8th c.BC+; αἱ δ᾽ ὀλόλυξαν, at a sacrifice, Refs 8th c.BC+; of a cry of exultation, ἴθυσέν ῥ᾽ ὀλολύξαι Refs; also of the cries of goddesses, Refs; so later, mostly of women crying to the gods, ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς Refs 5th c.BC+; mostly in sign of joy (compare ὀλολυγή), ἢν μὲν ἔλθῃ πύστις εὐτυχὴς σέθεν, ὀλολύξεται πᾶν δῶμα Refs 5th c.BC+; of nymphs crying aloud to Hecate, Refs 3rd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ololuzarōntoisὀλολύζοντες | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine | howl | 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 | ololuzamō | ololuzame | ololuzami | ololuzama | ololuzamē | ololuzamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | ololuzasō | ololuzase | ololuzasi | ololuzasa | ololuzasē | ololuzaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ololuzatō | ololuzate | ololuzati | ololuzata | ololuzatē | ololuzatelē |
| we 1st person plural | ololuzanō | ololuzane | ololuzani | ololuzana | ololuzanē | ololuzanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ololuzavō | ololuzave | ololuzavi | ololuzava | ololuzavē | ololuzavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | ololuzalō | ololuzale | ololuzali | ololuzala | ololuzalē | ololuzalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ololuzameiō | ololuzameia | ololuzameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | ololuzaseiō | ololuzaseia | ololuzaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ololuzateiō | ololuzateia | ololuzateiē |
| we 1st person plural | ololuzaneiō | ololuzaneia | ololuzaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ololuzaveiō | ololuzaveia | ololuzaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | ololuzaleiō | ololuzaleia | ololuzaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | ololuzasōr | ololuzasar | ololuzasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ololuzatōr | ololuzatar | ololuzatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | ololuzavōr | ololuzavar | ololuzavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | ololuzalōr | ololuzalar | ololuzalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ololuzamoiō | ololuzamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | ololuzasoiō | ololuzasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ololuzatoiō | ololuzatoia |
| we 1st person plural | ololuzanoiō | ololuzanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | ololuzavoiō | ololuzavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | ololuzaloiō | ololuzaloia |
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 | ololuzarō | ololuzari | ololuzara | ololuzarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | ololuzarōntos1× | ololuzarintos | ololuzarantos | ololuzarēntos |
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
ololuz 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
ololuzarōntois“howl”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×
James 5:1“howl”Agasōr nun tois plousioir, klaiavar ololuzarōntois epi tai talaipōriai vu tai eperchorōntai.Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.