shaag · roar

What it means

shaag (שָׁאַג) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “roar”.

The roaring of a lion; also the groaning of one in pain.

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. To give a deep loud cry, like a lion or YHWH from Zion.
2. To groan aloud.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• roar ×9
• roars ×6
• roaring ×3
• roared ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Judges×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×4
• Isaiah×1
• Jeremiah×5
• Ezekiel×1
• Hosea×2
• Joel×1
• Amos×3
• Zephaniah×1

• Judges 14:5

  Samson went down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and they came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and look, a young lion came roaring to meet him.

• Job 37:4

  After it a voice roars; he thunders with the voice of his majesty, and he does not hold them back when his voice is heard.

• Psalms 22:13

  They have opened their mouth against me, a lion that tears and roars.

• Psalms 38:8

  I am numb and crushed greatly; I roar because of the growling of my heart.

• Psalms 74:4

  Your adversaries roared in the midst of your meeting place; they set up their signs as signs.

• Psalms 104:21

  The young lions roar for prey, and to seek from El their food.

• Isaiah 5:29

  Its roar is like a lioness; it roars like young lions; it growls and seizes prey and carries it off to safety, and there is no one to rescue.

• Jeremiah 2:15

  Against him young lions roar, they have raised their voice, and they have made his land a horror; his cities are burned, without inhabitant.

• Jeremiah 25:30

  And you, prophesy against them all these words, and say to them, ‘YHWH will roar from on high, and from his holy dwelling he will utter his voice; he will roar mightily against his fold; a shout, like those who tread grapes, he will raise against all the inhabitants of the earth.

• Jeremiah 51:38

  Together like young lions they roar; they growl like the cubs of lions.

• Ezekiel 22:25

  A conspiracy of her prophets is in her midst, like a lion roaring, tearing prey; they have devoured souls; they take wealth and precious things; they have multiplied her widows in her midst.

• Hosea 11:10

  After YHWH they will walk; like a lion he will roar; when he roars, children will come trembling from the west.

• Joel 3:16

  And YHWH roars from Zion, and from Jerusalem utters his voice, and the heavens and the earth shake; but YHWH is a refuge for his people, and a stronghold for the children of Israel.

• Amos 1:2

  And he said, “YHWH roars from Zion, and from Jerusalem utters his voice; and the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel dries up.”

• Amos 3:4

  Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion utter his voice from his den unless he has caught something?

• Amos 3:8

  A lion has roared; who will not fear? Adonai YHWH has spoken; who will not prophesy?

• Zephaniah 3:3

  Her officials in her midst are roaring lions; her judges, wolves of the evening that do not leave a bone for the morning.

And 3 more times.