brontē · thunder

What it means

brontē (βροντή) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “thunder”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The roar of the sky in a storm.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• thunders ×8
• thunder ×3
• thundered ×1

Where it appears

• Mark×1
• John×1
• Revelation×10

• Mark 3:17

  and James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (and he gave them the name Boanerges, which means Sons of Thunder);

• John 12:29

  So the crowd that stood there and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “An angel has spoken to him.”

• Revelation 4:5

  And from the throne come out lightnings and voices and thunders, and seven lamps of fire are burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God;

• Revelation 6:1

  And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, “Come!”

• Revelation 8:5

  And the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar and threw it to the earth; and there were thunders and voices and lightnings and an earthquake.

• Revelation 10:3

  and he cried out with a loud voice, as a lion roars; and when he cried out, the seven thunders spoke their own voices.

• Revelation 10:4

  And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; and I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have spoken, and do not write it.”

• Revelation 11:19

  And the sanctuary of God that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen in his sanctuary; and there were lightnings and voices and thunders and an earthquake and great hail.

• Revelation 14:2

  And I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder; and the sound that I heard was like harpists playing on their harps.

• Revelation 16:18

  And there were lightnings and voices and thunders, and there was a great earthquake, such as had not occurred since people have been on the earth, such an earthquake, so great.

• Revelation 19:6

  And I heard what sounded like the voice of a great crowd and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord God the Almighty has begun to reign.

And 1 more times.