ἅλλομαι
hallomai · spring up, leap
Greek word · Strong’s number G242 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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hallomai (ἅλλομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “spring up, leap”.
Leap, jump; said of water, spring up.
How to say it
hal·lo·mai
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 spring up from the ground, with force or joy.
- Of water, to gush upward.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- he leaped up ×1
- leaping ×1
- welling up ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- John 4:14
but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty, ever; but the water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
- Acts 3:8
and leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and he went with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God.
- Acts 14:10
said with a loud voice, “Stand up straight on your feet.” And he leaped up and was walking.