Word study
Shout
10 Hebrew and 5 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: shout, shouting, shouted, shouts. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “shout” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- רוּעַ rûaraise a shouttranslated this way 25 times of its 44 uses · Strong’s H7321Verb · Translated: shout 10, Make a joyful noise 5, shout in triumph 4, shouted 3Full study and all 40 verses →
Joshua 6:5 And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”
Judges 15:14 When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
- רָנַן rânangive a ringing crytranslated this way 19 times of its 56 uses · Strong’s H7442Verb · Translated: shout for joy 18, sing for joy 12, sing 5, Rejoice 3Full study and all 53 verses →
Leviticus 9:24 Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.
Psalm 5:11 But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.
- תְּרוּעָה terûâhshout or blast of war, alarm, or joytranslated this way 13 times of its 31 uses · Strong’s H8643Noun · Translated: shouting 4, short blasts 2, shout 2, shout of joy 2Full study and all 29 verses →
Numbers 23:21 He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.
1 Samuel 4:6 On hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, “What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp,
- קָרָא qârâcall, proclaim, readtranslated this way 10 times of its 709 uses · Strong’s H7121Verb · Translated: called 211, call 104, named 58, summoned 50Full study and all 663 verses →
Judges 7:20 The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
1 Samuel 17:8 And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.
- אָמַר âmarutter, saytranslated this way 7 times of its 4,555 uses · Strong’s H559Verb · Translated: said 1,531, says 576, say 352, replied 341Full study and all 3,827 verses →
- רִנָּה rinnâhringing crytranslated this way 6 times of its 33 uses · Strong’s H7440Noun · Translated: cry 11, shouts of joy 5, song 5, joy 4Full study and all 33 verses →
2 Chronicles 20:22 The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated.
Psalm 105:43 He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.
- קוֹל qôlsound, voicetranslated this way 5 times of its 425 uses · Strong’s H6963Noun · Translated: voice 197, sound 63, voices 22, thunder 11Full study and all 378 verses →
- הֵידָד hêdâdshout, shouting, cheertranslated this way 4 times of its 6 uses · Strong’s H1959Noun · Translated: Triumphant shouts 1, cheering 1, shout 1, shouts of joy 1Full study and all 4 verses →
Isaiah 16:9 So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.
Jeremiah 25:30 So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.
- צָהַל tsâhalneigh, cry shrillytranslated this way 2 times of its 9 uses · Strong’s H6670Verb · Translated: Cry aloud 2Full study and all 9 verses →
Esther 8:15 Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.
Jeremiah 31:7 For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’
- תְּשֻׁאָה teshuâhnoisetranslated this way 2 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s H8663Noun · Translated: thunder roars 1, shouts 1, commotion 1, accompanied by shouts 1Full study and all 4 verses →
Job 39:7 He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
Zechariah 4:7 What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”
Greek words (New Testament)
- κράζω krázōI cry aloud, shriektranslated this way 13 times of its 54 uses · Strong’s G2896Verb · Translated: cried 20, crying 8, shouting 6, shouted 5Full study and all 53 verses →
Matthew 8:29 “What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
Mark 5:7 And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”
- κραυγάζω kraugázōI cry aloud, shouttranslated this way 7 times of its 9 uses · Strong’s G2905Verb · Translated: shouting 3, shouted 3, cry 1, called 1Full study and all 9 verses →
Luke 4:41 Demons also came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ.
John 12:13 They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “ Blessed is the King of Israel!”
- λέγω légōI say, speaktranslated this way 3 times of its 993 uses · Strong’s G3004Verb · Translated: said 216, tell 164, say 105, saying 86Full study and all 936 verses →
- ἐπιφωνέω epiphōnéōI call out, shouttranslated this way 3 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s G2019Verb · Translated: kept shouting 1, began to shout 1, shouting 1, outcry 1Full study and all 4 verses →
Luke 23:21 but they kept shouting, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”
Acts 12:22 And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
- φωνή phōnḗa sound, noise, voicetranslated this way 2 times of its 136 uses · Strong’s G5456Noun · Translated: voice 83, loud voice 13, sound 8, voices 8Full study and all 125 verses →
Luke 8:28 When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”
Acts 19:34 But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
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Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.