Lexicon ololuzó: to cry aloud Original Word: ὀλολύζωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ololuzó Phonetic Spelling: (ol-ol-odd'-zo) Short Definition: I howl, lament loudly Definition: I howl, lament loudly, cry aloud, bewail. HELPS word-Studies 3649 ololýzō – an onomatopoetic term, resembling the sound of an ecstatic (exuberant) cry or shriek; meaning howl, cry out audibly, expressing feelings too intense for words (used only in Js 5:1). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom a prim. word, onomatop. Definitionto cry aloud NASB Translationhowl (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3649: ὀλολύζωὀλολύζω; an onomatopoetic verb (cf. the similar ὀιμώζειν, αἰάζειν, ἀλαλάζειν, πιπίζειν, κοκκύζειν, τίζειν. Compare the German term. -zen, as in grunzen, krächzen, ächzen), to howl, wail, lament: James 5:1. (In Greek writings from Homer down of a loud cry, whether of joy or of grief; the Sept. for הֵילִיל.) (Synonym: cf. κλαίω, at the end.)
Strong's howl. A reduplicated primary verb; to "howl" or "halloo", i.e. Shriek -- howl. |
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