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Strong's #2997 - λάσχω
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- to crack, crackle, crash
- to burst asunder with a crack, crack open
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λαìσχω
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ΛΑΚΩ and λακέω, see λάσκω.
STRONGS NT 2997: λάσκω λάσκω: 1 aorist ἐλάκησα; (cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Sprchl. ii., p. 233; Krüger, 2:1, p. 134; Kühner, § 343, i., p. 858; (Veitch, under the word); Winer's Grammar, 88 (84));
1. to crack, crackle, crash: Homer, Hesiod, Tragg., Aristophanes
2. to burst asunder with a crack, crack open: Acts 1:18; ὁ δράκων φυσηθεις (after having sucked up the poison) ἐλάκησε καί ἀπέθανε καί ἐξεχύθη ὁ ἰός αὐτοῦ καί ἡ χολή, Act. Thomae § 33, p. 219, Tdf. edition.
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* λάσκω ,
1. (in cl., poët.) to clang, crash, crack; in late prose, to crack or burst noisily: Acts 1:18 (ἐλάκησεν , perh., however, from λακέω , q.v.; Bl., in l).
2. (in cl., prose) to scream, shout.†
λακέω , Dor. for ληκέω = λάσκω , q.v.
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See s.v. λακέω. As showing the weakening sense of λάσκω, it may be noted that Thumb (Handbook, p. 337) cites λάσ ̆κομαι from Pontus with the meaning ";seek aimlessly.";
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