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Lexicon :: Strong's H7321 - rûaʿ

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רוּעַ
Transliteration
rûaʿ
Pronunciation
roo-ah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2135

Strong’s Definitions

רוּעַ rûwaʻ, roo-ah'; a primitive root; to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy):—blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a joyful noise, smart, shout (for joy), sound an alarm, triumph.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x

The KJV translates Strong's H7321 in the following manner: shout (23x), noise (7x), ..alarm (4x), cry (4x), triumph (3x), smart (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x
The KJV translates Strong's H7321 in the following manner: shout (23x), noise (7x), ..alarm (4x), cry (4x), triumph (3x), smart (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. to shout, raise a sound, cry out, give a blast

    1. (Hiphil)

      1. to shout a war-cry or alarm of battle

      2. to sound a signal for war or march

      3. to shout in triumph (over enemies)

      4. to shout in applause

      5. to shout (with religious impulse)

      6. to cry out in distress

    2. (Polal) to utter a shout

    3. (Hithpolel)

      1. to shout in triumph

      2. to shout for joy

  2. (Niphal) destroyed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רוּעַ rûwaʻ, roo-ah'; a primitive root; to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy):—blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a joyful noise, smart, shout (for joy), sound an alarm, triumph.
STRONGS H7321: Abbreviations
† [ַרוּע] verb
Hiph.40
1. raise a shout.
2. give a blast with clarion or horn (Late Hebrew id., Hiph.; Thes compare Arabic bdb092905 utter a grumbling cry); — Perfect 3rd person masculine plural ּהֵרִיעו Judges 15:14; Ezra 3:11, ּהֵרֵעו 1 Samuel 17:20, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular ַיָרִיע Isaiah 42:13; Psalm 41:12, וַיָּ֫רַע Joshua 6:20, etc.; Imperative feminine singular הָרִיעִי Zechariah 9:9; masculine plural ּהָרִיעו Joshua 6:10 +; Infinitive construct ַהָרִיע 2 Chronicles 13:12, 15; Participle plural מְרִיעִים Ezra 3:13; —
1. shout a war-cry, or alarm of battle, Joshua 6:10 (3 times in verse); Joshua 6:16, 20; Judges 7:21; 1 Samuel 17:52; Isaiah 42:13; 2 Chronicles 13:15 (twice in verse); הריע תְּרוּעָה Joshua 6:5, 20; לקראת Judges 15:14; בַּמִּלְחָמָה 1 Samuel 17:20.
2. sound a signal for war or march: with חֲצֹצְרוֺת Numbers 10:7, 9 (P); || תקע שׁוֺפָר Hosea 5:8, compare Joel 2:1; with על against 2 Chronicles 13:12; so also probably Job 30:5 (against a thief).
3. shout in triumph over enemies: with עַל, Jeremiah 50:15; Psalm 41:12; absolute Zephaniah 3:14 (|| רנן).
4. shout in applause: absolute 1 Samuel 10:24; Zechariah 9:9, compare (of angels) Job 38:7.
5. shout with religious impulse: תְּרוּעָה ׳הר 1 Samuel 4:5; Ezra 3:11, 13; so in public worship with music and sacrifice, with ְל, to God Psalm 47:2; Psalm 66:1; Psalm 81:2; Psalm 95:1; Psalm 95:2; Psalm 98:4; Psalm 100:1, לפני Psalm 98:6; in joy, תַּחְתִּיּוֺת אֶרֶץ Isaiah 44:23 (|| תָנּוּ שָׁמַיִם).
6. cry out in distress, Isaiah 15:4 (but Du Bu יָֽרְעוּ tremble); ַלָמָּה תָרִיעִי רֵ֑ע Micah 4:9 (of Zion under figure of woman, but perhaps read ַלמה תָּרוֺעִי רֹע why art thou broken all to pieces? as Proverbs 11:15).
Po`lal Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular impersonal לֹא יְרֹעָ֑ע Isaiah 16:10 a shout shall not be uttered (of joy in harvest; || יְרֻנָּן).
Hithpō`l. Imperfect 1st person singular אֶתְרוֺעָ֑ע Psalm 108:10; 3rd person masculine plural ּיִתְרוֺעֲעו Psalm 65:14; Imperative feminine singular הִתְרוֺעָ֑עִי Psalm 60:10; —
1. shout in triumph: with על Psalm 60:10 (subject Philistia; iron.) || Psalm 108:10 (subject ׳י).
2. shout for joy, Psalm 65:14 (meadows, valleys; || שׁיר).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

10:7; 10:9

Joshua

6:5; 6:10; 6:10; 6:16; 6:20; 6:20; 6:20

Judges

7:21; 15:14; 15:14

1 Samuel

4:5; 10:24; 17:20; 17:20; 17:52

2 Chronicles

13:12; 13:12; 13:15; 13:15

Ezra

3:11; 3:11; 3:13; 3:13

Job

30:5; 38:7

Psalms

41:12; 41:12; 47:2; 60:10; 60:10; 66:1; 81:2; 95:1; 95:2; 98:4; 98:6; 100:1; 108:10; 108:10

Proverbs

11:15

Isaiah

15:4; 16:10; 42:13; 42:13; 44:23

Jeremiah

50:15

Hosea

5:8

Joel

2:1

Micah

4:9

Zephaniah

3:14

Zechariah

9:9; 9:9

H7321

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Strong's Number H7321 matches the Hebrew רוּעַ (rûaʿ),
which occurs 44 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:7 - And whenever ye shall gather the assembly, ye shall sound, but not an alarm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:9 - And if ye shall go forth to war in your land against your enemies that are opposed to you, then shall ye sound with the trumpets; and ye shall be had in remembrance before the Lord, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:5 - And it shall be that when ye shall sound with the trumpet, [fn]all the people shall shout together. And when they have shouted, the walls of the city shall fall [fn]of themselves; and all the people shall enter, each one rushing direct into the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:10 - And Joshua commanded the people, saying, Cry not out, nor let any one hear your voice, until he himself declare to you the [fn]time to cry out, and then ye shall cry out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:16 - And it came to pass at the seventh circuit the priests blew the trumpets; and Joshua said to the children of Israel, Shout, for the Lord has given you the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:20 - And the priests sounded with the trumpets: and when the people heard the trumpets, all the people shouted at once with a loud and strong shout; and all the wall fell round about, and all the people went up into the city:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:21 - And every man stood in his place round about the host; and all the host ran, and sounded an alarm, and fled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:14 - And they came to [fn]Lechi: and the Philistines shouted, and ran to meet him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as tow which is burnt with fire; and his bonds were consumed from off his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:5 - And it came to pass when the ark of the Lord entered into the camp, that all Israel cried out with a loud voice, and the earth resounded.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:24 - And Samuel said to all the people, Have ye seen whom the Lord has chosen to himself, that there is none like to him among you all? And all the people took notice, and said, Let the king live!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:52 - And the men of Israel and Juda [fn]arose, and shouted and pursued them as far as the entrance to [fn]Geth, and as far as the gate of Ascalon: and the slain men of the Philistines fell in the way of the [fn]gates, both to Geth, and to Accaron.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:12 - And, behold, the Lord and his priests are with us at our head, and the signal trumpets to sound an alarm over us. Children of Israel, fight not against the Lord God of our fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:15 - And the men of Juda shouted: and it came to pass, when the men of Juda shouted, that the Lord smote Jeroboam and Israel before Abia and Juda.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:11 - And they answered each other with praise and thanksgiving to the Lord, saying, For it is good, for his mercy to Israel endures for ever. And all the people shouted with a loud voice to praise the Lord at the laying the foundation of the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:13 - And the people did not distinguish the voice of the glad shout from the voice of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud voice, and the voice was heard even from afar off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:5 - Thieves have risen up against me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:7 - When the stars were made, all my angels praised me with a loud voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:11 - (LXX 40:12) By this I know that thou hast delighted in me, because mine enemy shall not rejoice over me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:1 - (LXX 46:1) For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core. (46:2) Clap your hands, all ye nations; shout to God with a voice of exultation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:8 - (LXX 59:10) Judas is my king; Moab is the caldron of my hope; over Idumea will I stretch out my shoe; the Philistines have been subjected to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:13 - (LXX 64:14) The rams of the flock are clothed with wool, and the valleys shall abound in corn; they shall cry aloud, yea they shall sing hymns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:1 - (LXX 65:1) For the end, a Song of a Psalm of resurrection. Shout unto God, all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:1 - (LXX 80:1) For the end, a Psalm for [fn]Asaph, concerning the wine-presses. (80:2) Rejoice ye in God our helper; shout aloud to the God of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:1 - (LXX 94:1) The praise of a Song by David. Come, let us exult [fn]in the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to God our Saviour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:2 - (LXX 94:2) Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:4 - (LXX 97:4) Shout to God, all the earth; sing, and exult, and sing psalms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:6 - (LXX 97:6) With trumpets of metal, and the sound of a trumpet of horn make a joyful noise to the Lord before the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:1 - (LXX 99:1) A Psalm for Thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:9 - (LXX 107:10) Moab is the caldron of my hope; over Idumea will I cast my sandal; the Philistines are made subject to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:4 - For Esebon and Eleale have cried: their voice was heard to Jassa: therefore the loins of the region of Moab cry aloud; her soul shall know.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:10 - And gladness and rejoicing shall be taken away from the vineyards; and they shall not rejoice at all in thy vineyards; and they shall not at all tread wine into the vats; for the vintage has ceased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:13 - The Lord God of hosts shall go forth, and crush the war: he shall stir up jealousy, and shall shout mightily against his enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:23 - Rejoice, ye heavens; for God has had mercy upon Israel: sound the trumpet, ye foundations of the earth: ye mountains, shout with joy, ye hills, and all the trees therein: for God has redeemed Jacob, and Israel shall be glorified.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15 - (LXX 27:15) and prevail against her: her hands are weakened, her bulwarks are fallen, and her wall is broken down: for it is vengeance from God: take vengeance upon her; as she has done, do to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:8 - Blow ye the trumpet on the hills, sound aloud on the heights: proclaim in the house of On, Benjamin is amazed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:1 - Sound the trumpet in Sion, make a proclamation in my holy mountain, and let all the inhabitants of the land be confounded: for the day of the Lord is near;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:9 - And now, why hast thou known calamities? was there not a king to thee? or has thy counsel perished that pangs as of a woman in travail have seized upon thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:14 - Rejoice, O daughter of Sion; cry aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem; rejoice and delight thyself with all thine heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:9 - Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion; proclaim it aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem; [fn] behold, the King is coming to thee, just, and [fn]a Saviour; he is meek and riding on an ass, and a young foal.
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