Thunder
βροντήStrong’s G1027brontē
Appears in 11 verses of the New Testament
In short
Brontē is the Greek word usually translated “thunders”, “thunder” and “thunderings”. It appears in 11 verses of the New Testament.
“And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:”
Meaning
Usually translated “thunders”, “thunder” and “thunderings”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- thunders 6
- of thunder 3
- thunder 1
- thunderings 1
- of thunders 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 9
- Mark 1
- John 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- John 12:29The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
- Revelation 4:5And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
- Revelation 6:1And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
- Revelation 8:5And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
- Revelation 10:3And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
- Revelation 10:4And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
Greek dictionary
βροντή brontē · thunder
βροντή, -ῆς, ἡ, [in LXX for רַעַם ;] thunder: Mrk.3:17, Jhn.12:29, Rev.4:5 6:1 8:5 10:3, 4 11:19 14:2 16:18 19:6.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “thunder” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
THUN'DER, noun
[Latin tonitru, from tono, to sound.]
- The sound which follows an explosion of electricity or lightning; the report of a discharge of electrical fluid, that is, of its passage from one cloud to another, or from a cloud to the earth, or from the earth to a cloud.“There were thunders and lightnings” Exodus 19:16
- thunder is used for lightning, or for a thunderbolt, either originally through ignorance, or by way of metaphor, or because the lightning and thunder are closely united.
- Any loud noise; as the thunder of cannon.“Sons of thunder” Mark 3:17
- Denunciation published; as the thunders of the Vatican.
All definitions and other forms of “thunder”
THUN'DER, verb intransitive
To sound, rattle or roar, as an explosion of electricity.
- “Canst thou thunder with a voice like him?” Job 40:9
- To make a loud noise, particularly a heavy sound of some continuance.
- To rattle, or give a heavy rattling sound.
THUN'DER, verb transitive
To emit with noise and terror.
- To publish any denunciation or threat.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.