תְּרוּעָה
tᵉrûwʻâh · ter-oo-aw'
clamor, i.e. acclamation of joy or a battle-cry; especially clangorof trumpets, as an alarum
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7321 (רוּעַ);
clamor, i.e. acclamation of joy or a battle-cry; especially clangorof trumpets, as an alarum
- clamor, i.e. acclamation of joy or a battle-cry
- especially clangorof trumpets, as an alarum
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: alarm, blow(-ing) (of, the) (trumpets), joy, jubile, loud noise, rejoicing, shout(-ing), (high, joyful) sound(-ing).
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › to see and know › to reveal, behold
The mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish that works to see and know that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תְּרוּעָה 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
36 occurrences · 36 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shout6 · 17%
- with shouting4 · 11%
- an alarm3 · 8%
- of blowing2 · 6%
- of the shout2 · 6%
- and the shouting2 · 6%
- of the jubile1 · 3%
- is with him, and the shout1 · 3%
- to blow1 · 3%
- with sounding1 · 3%
- and with shouting1 · 3%
- shouted1 · 3%
- with rejoicing1 · 3%
- with joy1 · 3%
- of joy1 · 3%
- with a loud noise1 · 3%
- with a shout1 · 3%
- the joyful sound1 · 3%
- him upon the high sounding1 · 3%
- the alarm1 · 3%
- that i will cause an alarm1 · 3%
- thereof, with shouting1 · 3%
- and alarm1 · 3%
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.