רוּעַ
rûwaʻ · roo-ah'
to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy)
- to mar (especially by breaking)
- figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a joyful noise, smart, shout (for joy), sound an alarm, triumph.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › to see and know
The head, the highest that works to fasten and establish that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רוּעַ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
44 occurrences · 44 OT · 0 NT · 37 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shouted9 · 21%
- shout5 · 12%
- make a joyful noise5 · 12%
- and shouted2 · 5%
- but ye shall not sound an alarm1 · 2%
- you, then ye shall blow an alarm1 · 2%
- shall shout1 · 2%
- ye shall not shout1 · 2%
- you shout1 · 2%
- then shall ye shout1 · 2%
- and cried1 · 2%
- to cry alarm1 · 2%
- gave a shout1 · 2%
- men,(they cried1 · 2%
- doth not triumph1 · 2%
- triumph1 · 2%
- they shout for joy1 · 2%
- let us make a joyful noise1 · 2%
- and make a joyful noise1 · 2%
- will i triumph1 · 2%
- shall smart1 · 2%
- shall be destroyed1 · 2%
- shall cry out1 · 2%
- neither shall there be shouting1 · 2%
- he shall cry1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.