Exallomai combines ex (out/up) and hallomai (to leap/spring). It appears once in Acts 3:8, describing the lame man healed by Peter and John: he 'leaped up' (exalomenos) and walked. This vivid verb captures the explosive release of physical ability long confined — not a careful first step, but a joyful eruption of movement.
The leaping of the healed man at Beautiful Gate echoes Isaiah 35:6: 'Then shall the lame man leap like a deer.' Peter and John's healing is a sign that the messianic era has arrived — the kingdom of God is breaking in, and the bodies that were broken are being restored. The leap of exallomai is an eschatological preview: the resurrection body will not shuffle cautiously but leap. Every miraculous healing in Acts is a foretaste of the final healing of all things.