UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Sense 1: to clang

Semantic entry: 14.82

Semantic domains: Physical Events and States

Subdomains: Sound

Definition: to make a loud, reverberating sound

Show passage in OET: CO1 13:1

OET-RV CO1 13:1

13 Even if I could speak in human languages as well as the languages of God’s messengers, but didn’t love others, then I’d just be like a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

OET-LV CO1 13:1

13 If with _the tongues of_ the _humans I _may _be _speaking and of_ the _messengers, but love not I _may _be _having, I _have _become brass resounding or a_cymbal screaming.

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Sense 2: to weep loudly, to wail

Semantic entry: 25.139

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Laugh, Cry, Groan

Definition: to cry or weep intensely and with wailing

Notes: In a number of languages the equivalent of ἀλαλάζω[b] is a term or phrase referring to ritual or ceremonial weeping or wailing. This would not necessarily imply lack of sincerity, but it would be typical of what would frequently occur in many societies in the case of the type of presumed death reported in OET MRK 5:38.

Show passage in OET: MRK 5:38

OET-RV MRK 5:38

38 As they approached Yair’ house, Yeshua saw a big commotion ahead of them, with lots of wailing and crying going on.

OET-LV MRK 5:38

38 And they _are _coming to the house of _the the_synagogue _leader, and he _is _observing a_commotion and weeping and much screaming.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀλαλάζω

Form 1

Sense 1: to clang

Sense 2: to weep loudly, to wail