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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.
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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 Box Num 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:7 - To gather the assembly, blow the trumpets, but not with the signal for setting out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:9 - When you go into battle in your own land against an enemy who is oppressing you, sound a blast on the trumpets. Then you will be remembered by the LORD your God and rescued from your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:5 - When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:10 - But Joshua had commanded the army, “Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:16 - The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the army, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:20 - When the trumpets sounded, the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:21 - While each man held his position around the camp, all the Midianites ran, crying out as they fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:14 - As he approached Lehi, the Philistines came toward him shouting. The Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him. The ropes on his arms became like charred flax, and the bindings dropped from his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:5 - When the ark of the LORD’s covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised such a great shout that the ground shook.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:24 - Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the man the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” Then the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:20 - Early in the morning David left the flock in the care of a shepherd, loaded up and set out, as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:52 - Then the men of Israel and Judah surged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath[fn] and to the gates of Ekron. Their dead were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:12 - God is with us; he is our leader. His priests with their trumpets will sound the battle cry against you. People of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:15 - and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. At the sound of their battle cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:11 - With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the LORD: “He is good; his love toward Israel endures forever.” And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:13 - No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people made so much noise. And the sound was heard far away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:5 - They were banished from human society, shouted at as if they were thieves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:7 - while the morning stars sang together and all the angels[fn] shouted for joy?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:11 - I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 47:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:1 - [fn]For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:8 - Moab is my washbasin, on Edom I toss my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:13 - The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and sing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:1 - For the director of music. A song. A psalm. Shout for joy to God, all the earth!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:1 - [fn]For the director of music. According to gittith.[fn] Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:1 - Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:2 - Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 98:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:4 - Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 98:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:6 - with trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn— shout for joy before the LORD, the King.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 100:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:1 - A psalm. For giving grateful praise. Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:9 - Moab is my washbasin, on Edom I toss my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:4 - Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out, and their hearts are faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:10 - Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards; no one treads out wine at the presses, for I have put an end to the shouting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:13 - The LORD will march out like a champion, like a warrior he will stir up his zeal; with a shout he will raise the battle cry and will triumph over his enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:23 - Sing for joy, you heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, you earth beneath. Burst into song, you mountains, you forests and all your trees, for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, he displays his glory in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15 - Shout against her on every side! She surrenders, her towers fall, her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done to others.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:8 - “Sound the trumpet in Gibeah, the horn in Ramah. Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven[fn]; lead on, Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:1 - Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming. It is close at hand—

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:9 - Why do you now cry aloud— have you no king[fn]? Has your ruler[fn] perished, that pain seizes you like that of a woman in labor?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:14 - Sing, Daughter Zion; shout aloud, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:9 - Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
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