ὀλολύζω ololuzō · G3649

to wail

ὀλολύζω; (onomatop.), [in LXX chiefly for יָלַל hi. ; ] (in Hom., of women crying to the gods in prayer or thanksgiving), ; to cry aloud: Jas.5:1.†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ὀλολύζω, ; []: future -ύξομαι[], later -ύξω []aorist ὠλόλυξα, Epic dialect ὀ. (see. below):—cry with a loud voice, in [] especially of women crying aloud to the gods in prayer or thanksgiving, ὣς εἰποῦσ᾽ ὀλόλυξε· θεὰ δέ οἱ ἔκλυεν ἀρῆς []; αἱ δ᾽ ὀλόλυξαν, at a sacrifice, []; of a cry of exultation, ἴθυσέν ῥ᾽ ὀλολύξαι []; also of the cries of goddesses, []; so later, mostly of women crying to the gods, ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς []; mostly in sign of joy (compare ὀλολυγή), ἢν μὲν ἔλθῃ πύστις …

Where it's used 1 time

James 5:1

Source: TBESG G3649; TFLSJ G3649

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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