The verb anaphōneō means to call out with a loud voice — to exclaim, shout out, or cry aloud. It appears once in the New Testament (Luke 1:42), where Elizabeth "exclaimed with a loud voice" upon Mary's greeting, filled with the Holy Spirit.
Elizabeth's Spirit-filled cry (anaphōneō) at the sound of Mary's greeting is one of the most beautiful moments in the infancy narratives. The unborn John the Baptist leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth broke forth in what can only be called a prophetic exclamation: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!" This spontaneous, Spirit-prompted outcry points to the nature of authentic worship — it cannot be contained or orchestrated. When the Spirit moves, the voice rises. Elizabeth's greeting echoes Deborah's song, Hannah's prayer, and anticipates the angelic chorus at Bethlehem: a woman, filled with the Spirit, shouting the glory of God's salvation.