Quick Definition
I howl, lament loudly
Strong's Definition
to "howl" or "halloo", i.e. shriek
Derivation: a reduplicated primary verb;
KJV Usage: howl
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀλολύζω; an onomatopoetic verb (cf. the similar ὀιμώζειν, αἰάζειν, ἀλαλάζειν, πιπίζειν, κοκκύζειν, τίζειν. Compare the German term.-zen, as ingrunzen, krächzen, ächzen), to howl, wail, lament: Jas_5:1. (In Greek writings from Homer down of a loud cry, whether of joy or of grief; the Sept. for δΕιμΔιμ.) (Synonym: cf. κλαίω, at the end.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὀλολύζω ololyzō 1x
pr. to cry aloud in invocation; to howl, utter cries of distress, lament, bewail, Jas_5:1
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὀλολύζω
(onomatop.),
[in LXX chiefly for H3213 hi .;]
(in Hom ., of women crying to the gods in prayer or thanksgiving),
to cry aloud: Jas_5:1 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὀλολύζω [page 446]
This NT ἅπ . εἰρ . ( Jas_5:1 ) occurs in the curious spell for transforming a goddess into the appearance of an old woman, P Lond 125 verso .30 (V/A.D.) (= I. p. 124) ὀλολύξασ᾽ ἡ γραῦς φεύξεται ὅπως μὴ εὐκόλως αὐτὴν ἀπολύσῃς . For the subst. see P Leid W xxi. 30 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 155 ) ἔσω προσβαλόμενος μύκησαι ὀλολυγμός ( l. μόν ), P Lond 121 .323 (iii/A.D.) (=1. p. 94) μὴ φωνὴ μὴ ὀλολυγμὸς μὴ σιυριγμός ( l. συριγμός ), and .769 (p. 109). For the adj. ὀλολυγαῖος see Kaibel 546 .6 (Imperial) ὀλολυγαία νυκτερίς , a howling bat, and for ὀλολύκτρια (not in LS) applied to a woman crying aloud at a sacrifice see Syll 566 (= .3 982) .35 (ii/B.C.). The words are onomatopoetic : cf. ὑλακτέω , Lat. ululare.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ὀλολύζω "to cry to the gods with a loud voice, cry aloud", of women "crying aloud" to the gods in prayer or thanksgiving, Od. , Hhymn. Apoll. ; so also in Aesch. , Eur. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ὀλολύζω
(onomatop.), [in LXX chiefly for יָלַל hi. ;] (in Hom., of women crying to the gods in prayer or thanksgiving),
to cry aloud: Jas.5:1.†
(AS)