H8643 תְּרוּעָה (tᵉrûwʻâh) ter-oo-aw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

shout

Strong's Definition

clamor, i.e. acclamation of joy or a battle-cry; especially clangorof trumpets, as an alarum

Derivation: from H7321 (רוּעַ);

KJV Usage: alarm, blow(-ing) (of, the) (trumpets), joy, jubile, loud noise, rejoicing, shout(-ing), (high, joyful) sound(-ing).

TWOT Reference: 2135b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) alarm, signal, sound of tempest, shout, shout or blast of war or alarm or joy

1a) alarm of war, war-cry, battle-cry

1b) blast (for march)

1c) shout of joy (with religious impulse)

1d) shout of joy (in general)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G20 G1741 G2351 G2906 G4536 G5456

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

תְּרוּעָה (te.ru.ah) — shout. 1) alarm, signal, sound of tempest, shout, shout or blast of war or alarm or joy 1a) alarm of war, war-cry, battle-cry 1b) blast (for march) 1c) shout of joy (with religious impulse) 1d) shout of joy (in general)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

תְּרוּעָה (H8643)

noun f · רוע

Sounds | Shout

shout, cry, call, signal, blast, alarm = loud sound ◄ produced either by the human voice or by musical instruments ► used to express an emotion or to communicate something to a community

LEV 23:24 · LEV 25:9 · NUM 10:5 · NUM 10:6 · NUM 10:6 · NUM 23:21 · NUM 29:1 · NUM 31:6 · JOS 6:5 · JOS 6:20 · 1SA 4:5 · 1SA 4:6 · 1SA 4:6 · 2SA 6:15 · 1CH 15:28 · 2CH 13:12 · 2CH 15:14 · EZR 3:11 · EZR 3:12 · EZR 3:13 · EZR 3:13 · JOB 8:21 · JOB 33:26 · JOB 39:25 · PSA 27:6 · PSA 33:3 · PSA 47:6 · PSA 89:16 · PSA 150:5 · JER 4:19 · JER 20:16 · JER 49:2 · EZK 21:27 · AMO 1:14 · AMO 2:2 · ZEP 1:16

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

תְּרוּעָה n.f. shout or blast of war, alarm, or joy base

Bible Occurrences (33)

23:24 25:9

10:5 10:6 23:21 29:1 31:6

6:5 6:20

4:5 4:6

6:15

15:28

13:12 15:14

3:11 3:12 3:13

8:21 33:26 39:25

27:6 33:3 47:5 89:15 150:5

4:19 20:16 49:2

21:22

1:14 2:2

1:16

Leviticus 23:24

Speak to the Israelites... [and] say, On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by [trumpet] blasts.

Leviticus 25:9

Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound [it] throughout your land.

Numbers 10:5

When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.

Numbers 10:6

When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.

Numbers 23:21

He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.

Numbers 29:1

On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work.... This will be a day for you to sound the trumpets.

Numbers 31:6

And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest,... who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.

Joshua 6:5

And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear [its] sound, have all the people give a mighty shout.... Then the wall of the city will collapse and all [your] people... will charge straight into [the city].