To roar
שָׁאַגStrong’s H7580shaag (sha-ag)
Appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shaag is the Hebrew word usually translated “roar”, “roaring” and “it roars”. It appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to roarof lion, conqueror, Jehovah, cry of distress
How it's translated
- he will roar 6
- roaring 4
- it roars 1
- and roaring 1
- i roar 1
- they roared 1
- it will roar 1
- they have been roaring 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 4
- Jeremiah 3
- Amos 3
- Judges 1
- Job 1
- Isaiah 1
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 37:4After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
- Psalms 22:13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
- Psalms 38:8I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
- Psalms 74:4Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
- Psalms 104:21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
- Isaiah 5:29Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁאַג shaag · to roar
1) (Qal) to roar 1a) of lion, conqueror, Jehovah, cry of distress
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “roar” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ROAR, verb intransitive
- To cry with a full, loud, continued sound; to bellow, as a beast; as a roaring bull; a roaring lion.
- To cry aloud, as in distress.
- To cry aloud; to bawl; as a child.
- To cause a loud continued sound.
All definitions and other forms of “roar”
- To make a loud noise.
ROAR, noun
- A full loud sound of some continuance; the cry of a beast; as the roar of a lion or bull.
- The loud cry of a child or person in distress.
- Clamor; outcry of joy or mirth; as a roar of laughter. he set the company in a roar
- The loud continued sound of the sea in a storm, or the howling of a tempest.
- Any loud sound of some continuance; as the roar of cannon.
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.