ἘΠΗΛΑΛΑΞΕ, ἐπηλαλαξε
EPĒLALAXE, epēlalaxe
Sounds Like: ep-ee-lah-LAX-eh
Translations: shouted, cried aloud, raised a war-cry, raised a shout, yelled
From the root: ΑΛΑΛΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of shouting loudly, often in a triumphant, joyful, or warlike manner. It implies a strong, resounding cry, such as a battle cry or a shout of acclamation. It is a compound word formed from the prefix ἐπι- (epi-), meaning 'upon' or 'in addition to', and the verb ἀλαλάζω (alalazo), meaning 'to raise a war-cry'.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2147 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 2:82
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΛΑΛΑΖΩ.
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.
- ἈΛΑΛΑΖΩ — to clang, to wail, to lament, to make a loud noise, to make a din, to make a battle-cry, to shout
- ἈΛΑΛΑΞΟΝ — Cry aloud!, Shout!, Wail!, Lament!
- ΑΛΑΛΑΖΟΝ — wailing, crying aloud, clanging, sounding loudly, making a loud noise
- ΑΛΑΛΑΖΟΝΤΑΣ — wailing, crying aloud, clanging, making a loud noise, shouting, sounding
- ΑΛΑΛΑΖΩ — to clang, to wail, to lament, to make a loud noise, to make a din, to shout, to cry out
- ΑΛΑΛΑΞΑΙ — to wail, to cry aloud, to shout, to clang, to make a loud noise
- ΑΛΑΛΑΞΑΝΤΕΣ — having shouted, shouting, crying aloud, wailing, lamenting
- ΑΛΑΛΑΞΑΤΑΙ — to wail, to cry aloud, to shout, to lament, to shriek
- ΑΛΑΛΑΞΑΤΕ — cry aloud, shout, wail, lament, utter a war-cry, shout for joy
- ΑΛΑΛΑΞΟΝ — cry aloud!, shout!, wail!, lament!
- ΑΛΑΛΑΞΟΥΣΙΝ — they will wail, they will lament, they will cry aloud, they will shout
- ΑΛΑΛΑΞΩ — to shout, to cry aloud, to wail, to clang, to make a loud noise
- ΑΛΑΛΑΞΩΜΕΝ — let us shout, let us cry aloud, let us make a loud noise, let us wail
- ἘΠΗΛΑΛΑΞΕΝ — shouted, cried out, yelled, raised a war-cry
- ΕΠΗΛΑΛΑΞΕ — he shouted, he cried out, he wailed, he howled, he yelled
- ΕΠΗΛΑΛΑΞΕΝ — he shouted, he cried out, he wailed, he clanged, he made a loud noise
- ΗΛΑΛΑΞΑΝ — they shouted, they cried aloud, they wailed
- ΗΛΑΛΑΞΕΝ — he shouted, she shouted, it shouted, they shouted, he cried out, she cried out, it cried out, they cried out, he wailed, she wailed, it wailed, they wailed
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