שָׁאוֹן
šāʾôn
roar
Strong's H7588NounHebrewTWOT 2301c

שָׁאוֹן (šāʾôn) is a Hebrew noun meaning roar. It appears 18 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7588).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2301c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2301c)roar, din, crash, uproar; rushing, destruction; noise, pomp
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שָׁאוֹן noun, masculine: roar, din, crash, uproar

Strong's H7588 שָׁאוֹן: uproar (as of rushing); by implication, destruction
KJV:× horrible, noise, pomp, rushing, tumult (× -uous).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2301: שָׁאָה šāʾâ — make a din, crash, crash into ruins; have crashed into ruins; be ruined; to cause; rush, desolate; rushing, waste

See it in Scripture

Psalms 74:23Isaiah 13:4Jeremiah 25:31

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