Lexicon
ἅλλομαι
hallomai
G0242
G:V Greek

to spring

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Hallomai describes leaping in acts of walking and rising or welling up in the water image of John 4:14.

The dominant attested use describes a person leaping up in connection with standing and walking; a second use occurs in the image of water welling up to eternal life.

Senses in use

  1. Leaping up in movement · dominant

    In Acts 3:8, the present middle participle occurs as the man stands, walks, and enters the sacred place; the APB renders the verse, "Leaping up, he stood and began to walk." In Acts 14:10, the aorist middle indicative follows the command to stand upright, and the APB says, "And he leaped up and began to walk."

  2. Water welling up · occasional

    In John 4:14, the present middle participle occurs in the statement that the given water will become "a spring of water welling up to eternal life"; the APB presents this as the verse's water image.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with "Leaping up" and "he leaped up" in Acts 3:8 and Acts 14:10, and with "welling up" in John 4:14. These are translation-level presentations rather than definitions.

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