Bible dictionaries

Bruit

What Bible dictionaries say about “Bruit”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Bruit - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

A rumour or report (Jer. 10:22, R.V. "rumour;" Nah. 3:19).

Bruit - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

BRUIT, n. Report; rumor; fame.

BRUIT, v.t. To report; to noise abroad.

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

The article in Easton + Webster 1828

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)

broot (shema`): A word no longer in common use (marked "archaic" and "obsolete" by Murray), signifying a rumor or report. The word occurs in the King James Version Jer 10:22 (the Revised Version (British and American) "rumour"; the American Standard Revised Version "tidings") and the King James Version Na 3:19 (the Revised Version (British and American) "bruit," appendix. "report"; the American Standard Revised Version "report").

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

The article in ISBE 1915