Forms of the word

Dictionary
λακάω
Greek transliteration
lakaō
Simplified transliteration
lakao
Principal Parts
-, ἐλάκησα, -, -, -

Numbers

Strong's number
2997
GK Number
3279

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
1
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1d(1a)
Gloss
to burst open
Definition
burst open, Acts 1:18*

Greek-English Concordance for λακάω

Acts 1:18 (Now this man bought a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst (elakēsen | ἐλάκησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.

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