242. hallomai
Strong's Lexicon
hallomai: To leap, to spring up

Original Word: ἅλλομαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: hallomai
Pronunciation: HAL-loh-my
Phonetic Spelling: (hal'-lom-ahee)
Definition: To leap, to spring up
Meaning: I leap, leap up; of water: I spring up, bubble up.

Word Origin: A primary verb

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with similar expressions of leaping or jumping is רָקַד (raqad - Strong's H7540), which means to leap or dance, often used in contexts of joy or celebration.

Usage: The Greek verb "hallomai" conveys the action of leaping or springing up, often used to describe a sudden or vigorous movement. In the New Testament, it is used metaphorically to describe a lively or enthusiastic response, often in the context of healing or divine intervention.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Greco-Roman world, physical expressions of joy or excitement, such as leaping, were common in both secular and religious contexts. The act of leaping could signify a range of emotions from joy to astonishment, often associated with miraculous events or divine encounters. In Jewish culture, physical expressions of worship, including dancing and leaping, were part of the religious tradition, as seen in the Old Testament.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from a prim. root hal-
Definition
to leap
NASB Translation
leaped (1), leaping (1), springing (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 242: ἅλλομαι

ἅλλομαι; imperfect ἡλλόμην; aorist ἡλάμην and ἡλόμην (Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 108; (Winers Grammar, 82 (79); Buttmann, 54 (47))); to leap (Latinsalio): Acts 3:8; Acts 14:10 (Rec. ἥλλετο; G L T Tr WH ἥλατο); to spring up, gush up, of water, John 4:14 (as in Latinsalire, Vergil ecl. 5, 47; Suetonius, Octav. 82). (Compare: ἐξάλλομαι, ἐφάλλομαι.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
leap, spring up.

Middle voice of apparently a primary verb; to jump; figuratively, to gush -- leap, spring up.

Forms and Transliterations
αλείται αλλομένοις αλλομενος αλλόμενος ἁλλόμενος αλλομενου αλλομένου ἁλλομένου αλλομένους ηλατο ήλατο ἥλατο ήλλετο ηλλόμην allomenos allomenou elato ēlato hallomenos hallómenos hallomenou halloménou helato hēlato hḗlato
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Englishman's Concordance
John 4:14 V-PPM/P-GNS
GRK: πηγὴ ὕδατος ἁλλομένου εἰς ζωὴν
NAS: of water springing up to eternal
KJV: of water springing up into
INT: a spring of water springing up into life

Acts 3:8 V-PPM/P-NMS
GRK: περιπατῶν καὶ ἁλλόμενος καὶ αἰνῶν
NAS: with them, walking and leaping and praising
KJV: walking, and leaping, and praising
INT: walking and leaping and praising

Acts 14:10 V-AIM-3S
GRK: ὀρθός καὶ ἥλατο καὶ περιεπάτει
NAS: on your feet. And he leaped up and [began] to walk.
KJV: feet. And he leaped and walked.
INT: upright And he sprang up and walked

Strong's Greek 242
3 Occurrences


ἁλλόμενος — 1 Occ.
ἁλλομένου — 1 Occ.
ἥλατο — 1 Occ.















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