רָעַם
râʻam · raw-am'
to tumble, i.e. be violently agitated; specifically, to crash (of thunder); figuratively, to irritate (with anger)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to tumble, i.e. be violently agitated; specifically, to crash (of thunder); figuratively, to irritate (with anger)
- to tumble, i.e. be violently agitated
- specifically, to crash (of thunder)
- figuratively, to irritate (with anger)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: make to fret, roar, thunder, trouble.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The head, the highest that works to see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָעַם 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- roar3 · 23%
- thundered2 · 15%
- thundereth2 · 15%
- for to make her fret1 · 8%
- shall he thunder1 · 8%
- he thundereth1 · 8%
- or canst thou thunder1 · 8%
- also thundered1 · 8%
- they shall be troubled1 · 8%
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.