ἈΛΑΛΑΓΜΟΣ, ἀλαλαγμος
ALALAGMOS, alalagmos
Sounds Like: ah-lah-LAG-mos
Translations: a loud cry, a shout, a battle-cry, a wailing, a lamentation
From the root: ἈΛΑΛΑΓΜΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a loud, often tumultuous, cry or shout. It can describe a battle-cry, a shout of triumph, or a wailing sound of lamentation or distress. It implies a sustained and often chaotic vocalization, rather than a simple utterance.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G21 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 5:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Jeremiah — 32:22
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΛΑΛΑΓΜΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΛΑΛΑΓΜΟΥ — of a war-cry, of a shout, of a battle-cry, of a clamor, of a loud cry, of a shout of joy
- ἈΛΑΛΑΓΜΩ — (to) a shout, (to) a cry, (to) a clamor, (to) a battle-cry
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