Strong's G2997 · Greek

λακάω

lascho · las'-kho

a strengthened form of a primary verb, which only occurs in this and another prolonged form as alternate in certain tenses; to crack open (from a fall)

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

λάσκω (G2997)

1 (KJV) * λάσκω , (in cl., poët.) to clang , crash , crack ; in late prose, to crack or burst noisily : Ac 1:18 ( ἐλάκησεν , perh., however, from λακέω , q.v.; Bl., in l.). (in cl., prose) to scream , shout .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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