1 Chronicles 16:32
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.
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Roar
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Amos 3:4
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
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7 occurrences in 6 verses.
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שָׁאַג
shâʼag · shaw-ag'
11 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
to rumble or moan
Strong's KJV usage: × mightily, roar.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 74:4Strong's last: Amos 3:4
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hâmâh · haw-maw'
6 times translated as this KJV form34 total Strong's occurrences
to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
Strong's KJV usage: clamorous, concourse, cry aloud, be disquieted, loud, mourn, be moved, make a noise, rage, roar, sound, be troubled, make in tumult, tumultuous, be in an uproar.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 46:3Strong's last: Jeremiah 51:55
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râʻam · raw-am'
3 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
to tumble, i.e. be violently agitated; specifically, to crash (of thunder); figuratively, to irritate (with anger)
Strong's KJV usage: make to fret, roar, thunder, trouble.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 16:32Strong's last: Psalms 98:7
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nâham · naw-ham'
2 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
to growl
Strong's KJV usage: mourn, roar(-ing).
Strong's first: Isaiah 5:29Strong's last: Isaiah 5:30
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tsârach · tsaw-rakh'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to be clear (in tone, i.e. shrill), i.e. to whoop
Strong's KJV usage: cry, roar.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 42:13Strong's last: Isaiah 42:13
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H1993
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
H7580
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
H7580
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
H1993
Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
H1993
They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
H7580
They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.
H1993
Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:
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roar
ROAR, verb intransitive
1. To cry with a full, loud, continued sound; to bellow, as a beast; as a roaring bull; a roaring lion.
2. To cry aloud, as in distress.
The suff'ring chief roar'd out for anguish.
3. To cry aloud; to bawl; as a child.
4. To cause a loud continued sound. We say, the sea or the wind roars; a company roar in acclamation.
5. To make a loud noise.
The brazen throat of war had ceas'd to roar
ROAR, noun
1. A full loud sound of some continuance; the cry of a beast; as the roar of a lion or bull.
2. The loud cry of a child or person in distress.
3. Clamor; outcry of joy or mirth; as a roar of laughter. he set the company in a roar
4. The loud continued sound of the sea in a storm, or the howling of a tempest.
5. Any loud sound of some continuance; as the roar of cannon.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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