Mark 5:38
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Wailing greatly (alalazonta polla). An onomatopoetic word from Pindar down. The soldiers on entering battle cried Alala. Used of clanging cymbals ( 1 Corinthians 13:1 ). Like ololuzw in James 5:1 . It is used here of the monotonous wail of the hired mourners.