Word Summary
ololyzō: to cry aloud
Original Word: ὀλολύζωTransliteration: ololyzō
Phonetic Spelling: (ol-ol-odd'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cry aloud
Meaning: to cry aloud
Strong's Concordance
howl.
A reduplicated primary verb; to "howl" or "halloo", i.e. Shriek -- howl.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3649: ὀλολύζωὀλολύζω; an onomatopoetic verb (cf. the similar
ὀιμώζειν,
αἰάζειν,
ἀλαλάζειν,
πιπίζειν,
κοκκύζειν,
τίζειν. Compare the German term.
-zen, as in
grunzen, krächzen, ächzen),
to howl, wail, lament:
James 5:1. (In Greek writings from
Homer down of a loud cry, whether of joy or of grief; the
Sept. for
הֵילִיל.) (Synonym: cf.
κλαίω, at the end.)