ἀλαλάζω
alalazō · wail
Greek word · Strong’s number G214 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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alalazō (ἀλαλάζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “wail”.
Loudly; also clang, of a cymbal.
How to say it
a·la·la·zō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To cry out in grief at a death.
- To ring with hollow noise, like a cymbal.
From Abbott-Smith (1922)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- clanging ×1
- wailing ×1
Where it appears
- Mark 5:38
And they come to the house of the synagogue leader, and he sees a commotion, and people weeping and wailing loudly.
- 1 Corinthians 13:1
If I speak in the tongues of humans and of angels but do not have love, I have become a resounding bronze gong or a clanging cymbal.