שָׁאוֹןshâʼôwn
din, crash, uproar, roar (of waters, etc.)
Pronunciation: shaw-one' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7588
Meanings
1. roar, din, crash (Isaiah 17:12; Isaiah 17:13; Jeremiah 51:55)
2. uproar (Isaiah 5:14; Isaiah 24:8; Psalms 40:3)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 18 times in the Bible.
- Psalms 40:2 He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along.
- Psalms 65:7 You quieted the raging oceans with their pounding waves and silenced the shouting of the nations.
- Psalms 74:23 Don’t overlook what your enemies have said or their growing uproar.
- Isaiah 5:14 The grave is licking its lips in anticipation, opening its mouth wide. The great and the lowly and all the drunken mob will be swallowed up.
- Isaiah 13:4 Hear the noise on the mountains! Listen, as the vast armies march! It is the noise and shouting of many nations. The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has called this army together.
- Isaiah 17:12 Listen! The armies of many nations roar like the roaring of the sea. Hear the thunder of the mighty forces as they rush forward like thundering waves.
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).