What does ἅλλομαι (hállomai) mean in the Bible?
ἅλλομαι (hállomai) is a Greek word meaning "to jump; figuratively, to gush".
Greek · G242
ἅλλομαι
To jump; figuratively, to gush
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ἅλλομαι G242
Pronunciation hállomai
What does ἅλλομαι (hállomai) mean in the Bible?
ἅλλομαι (hállomai) is a Greek word meaning "to jump; figuratively, to gush".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G242?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [the man] jumped up (1), leaping (1), springing up (1).
Where does ἅλλομαι (hállomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 4:14. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), John (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [the man] jumped up 1× Acts 14:10
leaping 1× Acts 3:8
springing up 1× John 4:14
Show sample aligned rows
John 4:14 ἁλλομένου to springing up Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Neuter Singular Acts 3:8 ἁλλόμενος to leaping Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 14:10 ἥλατο to [the man] jumped up Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row John 4:14
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
John 1 Acts 2
Source forms
ἁλλόμενος 1x hallomenos Acts 3:8
ἁλλομένου 1x hallomenou John 4:14
ἥλατο 1x hēlato Acts 14:10
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular 1x Acts 14:10
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Neuter Singular 1x John 4:14
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 3:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to jump; figuratively, to gush
Strong's G242
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to jump; figuratively, to gush
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 4:14 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Genitive Singular Neuter
ἁλλομένου allomenou
I leap, bubble up
Read verse Acts 3:8 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἁλλόμενος allomenov
I leap, bubble up
Read verse Acts 14:10 Verb Third Person Singular Imperfect Middle or Passive Deponent Indicative
ἥλλετο hlleto
I leap, bubble up
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 3 Tenses Present, Aorist Voices Middle
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Present Middle John 4:14 · Acts 3:8 2×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Aorist Middle Acts 14:10 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 2 aorist 1
Voice
middle 3
Mood
participle 2 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἅλλομαι is a primary verb - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain