Dictionary entry

ἀλαλάζω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀλαλάζω

(onomat. from the battle-cry ἀλαλά), [in LXX chiefly for רוּעַ hi., יָלַל;]

prop, to raise a war-cry, shout with triumph or joy; rarely of grief, to wail: Mk 5:38 (cf. Je 4:8); of a cymbal, ἀλαλάζον (RV. clanging), I Co 13:1 (cf. ὀλολύζω).†