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תְּרוּעָה H8643
H8643 is the Hebrew word תְּרוּעָה, transliterated tᵉrûwʻâh and said ter-oo-aw'. The King James Version most often renders it shout.
What it means
clamor, i.e. acclamation of joy or a battle-cry; especially clangorof trumpets, as an alarum.
Where it comes from
from H7321 (רוּעַ).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 31 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: alarm, blow(-ing) (of, the) (trumpets), joy, jubile, loud noise, rejoicing, shout(-ing), (high, joyful) sound(-ing).
Verses using תְּרוּעָה
All 29 verses, quoted in full.
Leviticus 23:24 · KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
Leviticus 25:9 · KJV
Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
Numbers 10:5 · KJV
When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
Numbers 10:6 · KJV
When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
Numbers 23:21 · KJV
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
Numbers 31:6 · KJV
And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
Joshua 6:5 · KJV
And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
Joshua 6:20 · KJV
So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
1 Samuel 4:5 · KJV
And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
1 Samuel 4:6 · KJV
And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp.
2 Samuel 6:15 · KJV
So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
1 Chronicles 15:28 · KJV
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
2 Chronicles 13:12 · KJV
And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
2 Chronicles 15:14 · KJV
And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
Ezra 3:11 · KJV
And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
Ezra 3:12 · KJV
But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
Ezra 3:13 · KJV
So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
Job 33:26 · KJV
He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
Psalm 27:6 · KJV
And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
Psalm 47:5 · KJV
God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
Psalm 89:15 · KJV
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
Psalm 150:5 · KJV
Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Jeremiah 4:19 · KJV
My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Jeremiah 20:16 · KJV
And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
Jeremiah 49:2 · KJV
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.
Ezekiel 21:22 · KJV
At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.
Amos 1:14 · KJV
But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
Amos 2:2 · KJV
But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
Zephaniah 1:16 · KJV
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
Common questions
What does Strong's H8643 mean?
H8643 is the Hebrew word תְּרוּעָה (tᵉrûwʻâh), meaning clamor, i.e. acclamation of joy or a battle-cry; especially clangorof trumpets, as an alarum.
How is H8643 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it shout (10 times), shouting (6 times), alarm (5 times), joy (2 times), blowing (1 time), among others.
How many times does H8643 appear in the Bible?
תְּרוּעָה (tᵉrûwʻâh) is tagged in 29 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8643 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H7321 (רוּעַ).
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