רַעַםraʻam

thunder (Isaiah 29:6; Psalms 81:8; Psalms 77:19; Psalms 104:7; Job 26:14)

Pronunciation: rah'am · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7482

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Job 26:14 These are just the beginning of all that he does, merely a whisper of his power. Who, then, can comprehend the thunder of his power?”
  • Job 39:25 It snorts at the sound of the horn. It senses the battle in the distance. It quivers at the captain’s commands and the noise of battle.
  • Psalms 77:18 Your thunder roared from the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world! The earth trembled and shook.
  • Psalms 81:7 You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you; I answered out of the thundercloud and tested your faith when there was no water at Meribah. Interlude
  • Psalms 104:7 At your command, the water fled; at the sound of your thunder, it hurried away.
  • Isaiah 29:6 I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, will act for you with thunder and earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and storm and consuming fire.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).