Roar
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (v. i.) To cry with a full, loud, continued sound.

2. (v. i.) To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or other beast.

3. (v. i.) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.

4. (v. i.) To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or the like.

5. (v. i.) To be boisterous; to be disorderly.

6. (v. i.) To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers roared at his jokes.

7. (v. i.) To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a certain disease. See Roaring, 2.

8. (v. t.) To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.

9. (n.) The sound of roaring.

10. (n.) The deep, loud cry of a wild beast; as, the roar of a lion.

11. (n.) The cry of one in pain, distress, anger, or the like.

12. (n.) A loud, continuous, and confused sound; as, the roar of a cannon, of the wind, or the waves; the roar of ocean.

13. (n.) A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in mirth.

Greek
3455. mukaomai -- to roar
... to roar. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: mukaomai Phonetic Spelling:
(moo-kah'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I bellow, roar Definition: I bellow, roar. ...
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5612. oruomai -- to roar, howl
... to roar, howl. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: oruomai Phonetic Spelling:
(o-roo'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I roar, howl Definition: I roar, howl, as a ...
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2278. echeo -- to make a loud noise, to sound
... Spelling: (ay-kheh'-o) Short Definition: I make a sound, sound when struck Definition:
I make a sound, give forth a sound, sound (when struck); I roar (as the ...
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1027. bronte -- thunder
... Word Origin akin to bremo (to roar) Definition thunder NASB Word Usage peals of
thunder (8), Thunder (1), thunder (2), thundered* (1). thunder, thundering. ...
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5433. phruasso -- to neigh, whinny, fig. to be wanton
... to be wanton. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: phruasso Phonetic Spelling:
(froo-as'-so) Short Definition: I roar, rage Definition: I am wanton, insolent ...
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1690. embrimaomai -- to be moved with anger, to admonish sternly
... 1690 (from 1722 , "engaged " and , "to snort") -- properly, snort like an angry
horse; (literally) "(roar) with rage" () which expresses , ie deep feeling that ...
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4500. rhoizedon -- with a rushing sound
... Word Origin adverb from rhoizos (the whistling of an arrow) Definition with
a rushing sound NASB Word Usage roar (1). with a great noise. ...
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2279. echos -- a noise, sound
... fame, sound. Of uncertain affinity; a loud or confused noise ("echo"), ie Roar;
figuratively, a rumor -- fame, sound. (echos) -- 2 Occurrences. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
7580. shaag -- to roar
... 7579, 7580. shaag. 7581 . to roar. Transliteration: shaag Phonetic Spelling:
(shaw-ag') Short Definition: roar. Word Origin a prim. ...
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1993. hamah -- to murmur, growl, roar, be boisterous
... hamah. 1994 . to murmur, growl, roar, be boisterous. Transliteration: hamah Phonetic
Spelling: (haw-maw') Short Definition: roar. Word Origin a prim. ...
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6873. tsarach -- to cry, roar
... 6872c, 6873. tsarach. 6874 . to cry, roar. Transliteration: tsarach Phonetic
Spelling: (tsaw-rakh') Short Definition: cries. Word Origin a prim. ... cry, roar. ...
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1995. hamon -- a sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance
... 1994, 1995. hamon. 1996 . a sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance. Transliteration:
hamon Phonetic Spelling: (haw-mone') Short Definition: multitude. ...
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7452. rea -- perhaps shouting, roar
... 7451b, 7452. rea. 7453 . perhaps shouting, roar. Transliteration: rea
Phonetic Spelling: (ray'-ah) Short Definition: loudly. Word ...
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1949. hum -- to murmur, roar, defeat in battle
... hum or him. 1950 . to murmur, roar, defeat in battle. Transliteration: hum or
him Phonetic Spelling: (hoom) Short Definition: noisy. Word Origin a prim. ...
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7588. shaon -- a roar (of waters, etc.), din, crash, uproar
... 7587, 7588. shaon. 7589 . a roar (of waters, etc.), din, crash, uproar.
Transliteration: shaon Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-one') Short Definition: uproar. ...
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7481. raam -- to thunder
... 7480, 7481. raam. 7482 . to thunder. Transliteration: raam Phonetic Spelling:
(raw-am') Short Definition: roar. ... make to fret, roar, thunder, trouble. ...
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7826. shachal -- a lion
... fierce lion. From an unused root probably meaning to roar; a lion (from his
characteristic roar) -- (fierce) lion. 7825, 7826. shachal. 7827 . ...
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1897. hagah -- to moan, growl, utter, speak, muse
... 2), uttering (1), utters (1). imagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, sore,
speak, study,. A primitive root (compare hagiyg); to ...
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Library

On the Words in Psalm Xcvi. 11:00 "Let the Sea Roar (Be Moved) ...
... Part I."Exegetical. IX. On the Words in Psalm xcvi. 11: "Let the Sea Roar
(Be Moved), and the Fulness Thereof.". By these words ...
/.../hippolytus/the extant works and fragments of hippolytus/ix on the words in.htm

Death.
... Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep
forth. The lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/westminster sermons/sermon xviii death.htm

Appendix 2 Extracts from the Babylon Talmud
... For it is written (Jeremiah 25:30), "Jehovah shall roar from on high, from the
habitation of His holiness shall He give out His voice; roaring shall He roar on ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/appendix 2 extracts from the.htm

The Carcass and the Eagles
... The first words of his prophecy give its whole spirit: 'The Lord will roar from
Zion.' The word rendered 'roar' is the term specially used for the terrible cry ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the carcass and the eagles.htm

A Prophet's Woes
... Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they
shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/a prophets woes.htm

Continued.
... are) saying, "Glory.". Seven times the roar shakes the world. The voice
of the seven thunders is the voice of Jehovah. In the short ...
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Vanished Hopes
... Others were hauled into place; fresh detachments of Romans seized upon the
scaling-ladders or mounted to the towers, and the roar of the conflict never abated. ...
/.../miller/the city of delight/chapter xxii vanished hopes.htm

Psalm XCVII.
... The isles are filled. But figuratively the isles may be taken for all the Churches.
Why isles? Because the waves of all temptations roar around them. ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm xcvii.htm

Sampson's Lion. Judg 14:08
... And from the eater, meat. The lions rage and roar in vain,. For Jesus is their shield; ...
Of their Redeemer's care. The lions roar but cannot kill,. ...
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Whether a Natural Disposition is Requisite for Prophecy?
... For prophecy is received by the prophet according to the disposition of the recipient,
since a gloss of Jerome on Amos 1:2, "The Lord will roar from Sion," says ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether a natural disposition is.htm

Thesaurus
Roar (53 Occurrences)
... 9. (n.) The sound of roaring. 10. (n.) The deep, loud cry of a wild beast; as, the
roar of a lion. 11. ... Multi-Version Concordance Roar (53 Occurrences). ...
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Roaring (28 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Roar. 2. (n ... caused. See Roar.
Multi-Version Concordance Roaring (28 Occurrences). Luke ...
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Roars (9 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 5:29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions,
yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and ...
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Growl (11 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 5:29 Their roaring is like a lioness, they roar as the young lions; yea,
they growl, and snatch the prey, and carry it away safe, and there is none to ...
/g/growl.htm - 9k

Fills (20 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 16:32 Let the sea roar, and its fullness! Let the field exult, and
all that is therein! (See RSV). ... Let the sea roar, and its fullness! (See RSV). ...
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Roareth (9 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Jeremiah 25:30 And thou, thou dost prophesy unto them all these words, and
hast said unto them: Jehovah from the high place doth roar, And from His holy ...
/r/roareth.htm - 9k

Contains (17 Occurrences)
... (WBS). 1 Chronicles 16:32 Let the sea roar, and its fullness! Let the field exult,
and all that is therein! ... Let the sea roar, and its fullness! (See NAS). ...
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Waves (43 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 51:15 For I am Yahweh your God, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar:
Yahweh of Armies is his name. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Lions (50 Occurrences)
... (6.) Labi, from a root meaning "to roar," a grown lion or lioness (Genesis 49:9;
Numbers 23:24; 24:9; Ezek. 19:2; Nahum 2:11). ... They will roar like young lions. ...
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Thunder (48 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric
electricity; -- often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously. ...
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Resources
What is the significance of lions in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

What do the seven thunders in Revelation 10:1-7 mean? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about the end of the world (eschaton)? | GotQuestions.org

Roar: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Roar (53 Occurrences)

Luke 21:25
There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 18:40
With a roar of voices they again cried out, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.
(WEY)

Acts 19:34
No sooner, however, did they see that he was a Jew, than there arose from them all one roar of shouting, lasting about two hours. "Great is the Ephesian Diana," they said.
(WEY)

Acts 22:22
Until they heard this last statement the people listened to Paul, but now with a roar of disapproval they cried out, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He ought not to be allowed to live."
(WEY)

2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
(See NAS NIV)

Revelation 10:3
He cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars. When he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 14:2
And I heard music from Heaven which resembled the sound of many waters and the roar of loud thunder; and the music which I heard was like that of harpists playing upon their harps.
(WEY NIV)

Revelation 19:1
After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God:
(See NIV)

Revelation 19:6
I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!
(See NIV)

1 Kings 18:41
Elijah said to Ahab, "Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain."
(See NAS)

1 Chronicles 16:32
Let the sea roar, and its fullness! Let the field exult, and all that is therein!
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Job 4:10
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 30:22
You lift me up to the wind, and drive me with it. You dissolve me in the storm.
(See RSV)

Job 37:2
Hear attentively the roar of his voice, and the murmur going forth from his mouth.
(DBY NIV)

Job 37:4
After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty. He doesn't hold back anything when his voice is heard.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 38:8
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
(Root in KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Psalms 42:7
Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
(See NIV)

Psalms 46:3
though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with their swelling. Selah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 74:4
Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 83:2
For, lo, Thine enemies are in an uproar; and they that hate Thee have lifted up the head.
(Root in JPS YLT NAS)

Psalms 96:11
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and its fullness!
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 98:7
Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 104:21
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 19:12
The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

Proverbs 20:2
The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NIV)

Isaiah 5:29
Their roaring will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey and carry it off, and there will be no one to deliver.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 5:30
They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 17:12
Ah, the uproar of many peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
(Root in WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 17:13
But he will put a stop to them, and make them go in flight far away, driving them like the waste of the grain on the tops of the mountains before the wind, and like the circling dust before the storm.
(See RSV NIV)

Isaiah 42:10
Make a new song to the Lord, and let his praise be sounded from the end of the earth; you who go down to the sea, and everything in it, the sea-lands and their people.
(See RSV)

Isaiah 42:13
The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
(KJV WBS)

Isaiah 51:15
For I am Yahweh your God, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar: Yahweh of Armies is his name.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 59:11
We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 2:15
The young lions have roared on him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 5:22
Don't you fear me? says Yahweh: won't you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can't pass it? and though its waves toss themselves, yet they can't prevail; though they roar, yet they can't pass over it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 10:13
when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 11:16
Yahweh called your name, A green olive tree, beautiful with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire on it, and its branches are broken.
(See RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 25:30
Therefore prophesy you against them all these words, and tell them, Yahweh will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as those who tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 31:35
Thus says Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; Yahweh of Armies is his name:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 50:42
They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 51:16
when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 51:38
They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' cubs.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 51:55
For Yahweh lays Babylon waste, and destroys out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 1:24
When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of an army: when they stood, they let down their wings.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 19:9
They put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 43:2
Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shined with his glory.
(See NIV)

Hosea 10:14
Therefore a battle roar will arise among your people, and all your fortresses will be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in the day of battle. The mother was dashed in pieces with her children.
(WEB NIV)

Hosea 11:10
They will walk after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joel 3:16
Yahweh will roar from Zion, and thunder from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will shake; but Yahweh will be a refuge to his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Amos 1:2
He said: "Yahweh will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will wither."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Amos 3:4
Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Zechariah 9:15
Yahweh of Armies will defend them; and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones; and they will drink, and roar as through wine; and they will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.
(WEB NIV)

Zechariah 11:3
A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! For their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Roar

Related Terms

Roaring (28 Occurrences)

Roars (9 Occurrences)

Growl (11 Occurrences)

Fills (20 Occurrences)

Roareth (9 Occurrences)

Contains (17 Occurrences)

Waves (43 Occurrences)

Lions (50 Occurrences)

Thunder (48 Occurrences)

Quieting (4 Occurrences)

Vintage (14 Occurrences)

Noise (126 Occurrences)

Lioness (13 Occurrences)

Resembled (18 Occurrences)

Resound (8 Occurrences)

Roared (8 Occurrences)

Bellow (2 Occurrences)

Billows (18 Occurrences)

Stirs (23 Occurrences)

Stirreth (16 Occurrences)

Carries (27 Occurrences)

Fullness (31 Occurrences)

Tremble (92 Occurrences)

Fulness (76 Occurrences)

Fold (23 Occurrences)

Mightily (36 Occurrences)

Dwelling-place (38 Occurrences)

Lion (92 Occurrences)

Tumult (56 Occurrences)

Prevail (50 Occurrences)

Tread (60 Occurrences)

Shaken (62 Occurrences)

Prey (105 Occurrences)

Prophesy (96 Occurrences)

Habitation (90 Occurrences)

Grapes (74 Occurrences)

Trembling (72 Occurrences)

Seize (91 Occurrences)

Shake (68 Occurrences)

Utter (111 Occurrences)

Yell (1 Occurrence)

Quake (23 Occurrences)

Voices (76 Occurrences)

Utters (26 Occurrences)

Jubilant (13 Occurrences)

Uttereth (30 Occurrences)

Lance (7 Occurrences)

Lasting (40 Occurrences)

Grievously (17 Occurrences)

Grounds (7 Occurrences)

Withers (20 Occurrences)

Whelp (4 Occurrences)

Whelps (10 Occurrences)

Foam (5 Occurrences)

Thicket (9 Occurrences)

Thunders (20 Occurrences)

Treaders (3 Occurrences)

Toss (13 Occurrences)

Resoundeth (1 Occurrence)

Roams (3 Occurrences)

Rolling (32 Occurrences)

Rout (6 Occurrences)

Ensigns (3 Occurrences)

Exult (50 Occurrences)

Destroys (23 Occurrences)

Devastated (20 Occurrences)

Dries (10 Occurrences)

Din (2 Occurrences)

Disapproval (4 Occurrences)

Divideth (20 Occurrences)

Drenched (11 Occurrences)

Moan (13 Occurrences)

Prophets (270 Occurrences)

Peals (7 Occurrences)

Bell (3 Occurrences)

Boisterous (5 Occurrences)

Ha (8 Occurrences)

Cubs (11 Occurrences)

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