Quick Definition
I cry aloud, a clanging or clashing cymbal
Strong's Definition
to vociferate, i.e. (by implication) to wail; figuratively, to clang
Derivation: from ( a shout, "halloo");
KJV Usage: tinkle, wail
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀλαλάζω; (from Pindar down);
a. properly, to repeat frequently the cry ἄλαλα, as soldiers used to do on entering battle,
b. universally, to utter a joyful shout: Psa_46:2 (); Psa_65:2 (); and in secular writings c. to wail, lament: Mar_5:38 (δΕιμΔιμ Jer_4:8; Jer_32:20 ()); cf. ὀλολύζω, Latinululare. (Synonyms: see κλαίω at the end)
d. to ring loudly, to clang: 1Co_13:1 (cf. ἐν κυμβάλοις ἀλαλαγμοῦ, Psa_150:5).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀλαλάζω alalazō 2x
pr. to raise the war-cry, ἀλαλά : hence, to utter other loud sounds; to wail, Mar_5:38 ; to tinkle, ring, 1Co_13:1
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀλαλάζω
(onomat. from the battle-cry ἀλαλά ),
[in LXX chiefly for H7321 hi ., H3213 ;]
prop , to raise a war-cry, shout with triumph or joy; rarely of grief, to wail: Mar_5:38 ( cf. Jer_4:8 ); of a cymbal, ἀλαλάζον ( RV. clanging ), 1Co_13:1 ( cf. ὀλολύζω ).†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀλαλάζω [Etym: (formed from the cry ἀλαλαί as ἐλελίζω, ὀλολύζω from similar sounds)] "to raise the war-cry", Xen. ; c. acc. cogn., νίκην ἀλαλάζειν "to shout the shout of" victory, Soph. generally, "to cry or shout aloud", of Bacchus and the Bacchae, Eur. rarely of a cry of pain, ἠλάλαζε δυσθνῆσκον id=Eur. rarely also of other sounds than the voice, "to sound loudly, clang", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀλαλάζω
(onomat. from the battle-cry ἀλαλά), [in LXX chiefly for רוּעַ hi., יָלַל ;]
prop, to raise a war-cry, shout with triumph or joy; rarely of grief, to wail: Mrk.5:38 (cf. Jer.4:8); of a cymbal, ἀλαλάζον (RV. clanging), 1Co.13:1 (cf. ὀλολύζω).†
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