UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: to leap, to jump

Semantic entry: 15.238

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Jump, Leap

Definition: to leap or to jump into the air

Sense 2: to bubble up, to well up

Semantic entry: 14.30

Semantic domains: Physical Events and States

Subdomains: Events Involving Liquids and Dry Masses

Definition: the action of water forming bubbles and welling up from underneath the ground

Notes: In the NT ἅλλομαι[b] occurs only in the figurative context of RV JHN 4:14 · LV JHN 4:14 · Read together JHN 4:14.|In some languages expressions referring to the flowing of water from a spring depend upon the extent or continuity of such a flow. If the spring is a perennial one, that is to say, if it flows all the time, it may be designated by one term, while if it is intermittent, that is, flows only during the rainy season, it may be referred to by quite a different term. There may also be distinctions as to whether the water flows out and then down or whether it actually comes up from below the surface. In RV JHN 4:14 · LV JHN 4:14 · Read together JHN 4:14 the direction of flow is not important, but it is important to use a term which would indicate continuous flowing.