שָׁאוֹן
shâʼôwn · shaw-one'
uproar (as of rushing); by implication, destruction
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7582 (שָׁאָה);
uproar (as of rushing); by implication, destruction
- uproar (as of rushing)
- by implication, destruction
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] horrible, noise, pomp, rushing, tumult ([idiom] -uous).
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › strength, the leader › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To consume, to destroy of strength, the leader that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁאוֹן 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
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the noise4 · 24%
- a noise2 · 12%
- also out of an horrible1 · 6%
- the tumult1 · 6%
- and their pomp1 · 6%
- a tumultuous1 · 6%
- and to the rushing1 · 6%
- like the rushing1 · 6%
- of noise1 · 6%
- is but a noise1 · 6%
- of the tumultuous1 · 6%
- therefore shall a tumult1 · 6%
- with tumult1 · 6%
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.