To shout
רוּעַStrong’s H7321rua (ru-a)
Appears in 40 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rua is the Hebrew word usually translated “shout for joy”, “shout” and “shouted”. It appears in 40 verses of the Old Testament.
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.”
Meaning
- To shout, raise a sound, cry out, give a blast(Hiphil) · (Polal) to utter a shout · (Hithpolel)
- (Niphal) destroyed
How it's translated
- shout for joy 7
- shout 4
- and they shouted 4
- they shouted 2
- and they shouted a war cry 2
- let us shout for joy 2
- you will give an alarm 1
- and you will give an alarm 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 12
- Joshua 4
- 1 Samuel 4
- Isaiah 4
- Numbers 2
- Judges 2
15 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 10:7But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.
- Numbers 10:9And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
- Joshua 6:5And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
- Joshua 6:10And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.
- Joshua 6:16And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.
- Joshua 6:20So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
All 40 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
רוּעַ rua · to shout
1) to shout, raise a sound, cry out, give a blast 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to shout a war-cry or alarm of battle 1a2) to sound a signal for war or march 1a3) to shout in triumph (over enemies) 1a4) to shout in applause 1a5) to shout (with religious impulse) 1a6) to cry out in distress 1b) (Polal) to utter a shout 1c) (Hithpolel) 1c1) to shout in triumph 1c2) to shout for joy 2) (Niphal) destroyed
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “shout” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SHOUT, verb intransitive
To utter a sudden and loud outcry, usually in joy, triumph or exultation, or to animate soldiers in an onset.
- “It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery” Exodus 32:18“When ye hear th esound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout” Joshua 6:5
All definitions and other forms of “shout”
SHOUT, noun
A loud burst of voice or voices; a vehement and sudden outcry, particularly of a multitude of men, expressing joy, triumph, exultation or animated courage. It is sometimes intended in derision.
SHOUT, verb transitive
To treat with shouts or clamor.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.