shaon · roar, uproar

What it means

shaon (שָׁאוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “roar, uproar”.

A great noise, like that of waters or of a crowd; also the ruin that comes with it.

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. A great din of waters or peoples.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• uproar ×10
• tumult ×4
• roar ×3
• noise ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Psalms×4
• Isaiah×8
• Jeremiah×4
• Hosea×1
• Amos×1

• Psalms 40:2

  And he brought me up from the pit of tumult, from the mud of the mire, and set my feet upon a crag; he made firm my steps.

• Psalms 65:7

  who stills the roar of the seas, the roar of their waves, and the commotion of the peoples.

• Psalms 74:23

  Do not forget the voice of your adversaries, the roar of those who rise up against you that goes up continually.

• Isaiah 5:14

  Therefore Sheol has widened its throat and opened its mouth without limit; and down go her majesty and her multitude and her uproar and whoever exults in her.

• Isaiah 13:4

  The sound of a multitude on the mountains, the likeness of a great people! The sound of the uproar of kingdoms, of nations gathered together! YHWH Tsevaot is mustering the army for battle.

• Isaiah 17:12

  Woe! The tumult of many peoples, like the roaring of the seas they roar; and the uproar of the nations, like the uproar of mighty waters they resound.

• Isaiah 17:13

  The nations, like the uproar of many waters, resound; but he rebukes it, and it flees far away, and is chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like whirling dust before the storm wind.

• Isaiah 24:8

  The rejoicing of the tambourines has ceased, the uproar of those who exult has ended, the rejoicing of the lyre has ceased.

• Isaiah 25:5

  Like heat in a dry land, the uproar of strangers you subdue; as heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the tyrants is brought low.

• Isaiah 66:6

  A sound of uproar from the city, a sound from the temple, the sound of YHWH repaying retribution to his enemies!

• Jeremiah 25:31

  The uproar has come to the end of the earth, for YHWH has a dispute with the nations; he enters into judgment with all flesh; the wicked he gives up to the sword, declares YHWH.’

• Jeremiah 46:17

  They cried there, “Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let pass the appointed time.”

• Jeremiah 48:45

  In the shadow of Heshbon the fugitives stood without strength; for fire went out from Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and it consumed the temple of Moab and the crown of the sons of tumult.

• Jeremiah 51:55

  For YHWH is devastating Babylon, and he will destroy from her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the tumult of their voice is raised.

• Hosea 10:14

  And a tumult will rise among your people, and all your fortresses will be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle; the mother was dashed to pieces on her children.

• Amos 2:2

  And I will send fire on Moab, and it will devour the citadels of Kerioth; and Moab will die amid the uproar, with a war cry, with the sound of the horn.

And 2 more times.