Quick Definition
to shout
Strong's Definition
to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a joyful noise, smart, shout (for joy), sound an alarm, triumph.
TWOT Reference: 2135
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רוּעַ (ru.a) — to shout. 1) to shout, raise a sound, cry out, give a blast 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to shout a war-cry or alarm of battle 1a2) to sound a signal for war or march 1a3) to shout in triumph (over enemies) 1a4) to shout in applause 1a5) to shout (with religious impulse) 1a6) to cry out in distress 1b) (Polal) to utter a shout 1c) (Hithpolel) 1c1) to shout in triumph 1c2) to shout for joy 2) (Niphal) destroyed
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · רֵעַ · תְּרוּעָה
Shout | verb hif, verb hit, verb pu'al
to shout, to cry out = action by which humans, deities, and (by extension) elements of nature and the entire universe cry out loud to express emotions such as joy and grief
JOS 6:5 · JOS 6:10 · JOS 6:10 · JOS 6:10 · JOS 6:16 · JOS 6:20 · JOS 6:20 · JDG 7:21 · JDG 15:14 · 1SA 4:5 · 1SA 10:24 · 1SA 17:20 · 1SA 17:52 · 2CH 13:15 · 2CH 13:15 · EZR 3:11 · EZR 3:13 · JOB 30:5 · JOB 38:7 · PSA 41:12 · PSA 47:2 · PSA 60:10 · PSA 65:14 · PSA 66:1 · PSA 81:2 · PSA 95:1 · PSA 95:2 · PSA 98:4 · PSA 98:6 · PSA 100:1 · PSA 108:10 · ISA 15:4 · ISA 16:10 · ISA 42:13 · ISA 44:23 · JER 50:15 · MIC 4:9 · ZEP 3:14 · ZEC 9:9
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[רוּעַ] vb. Hiph. 40 1. raise a shout. 2. give a blast with clarion or horn Pō‛lal. a shout shall not be uttered
Hithpō‛l. shout in triumph
shout for joy
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