Strong G1027βροντή

thunder

Transliteration
brontē
Pronunciation
bron-tay'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Akin to βρέμω bremō (to roar); thunder: - thunder (-ing).

Detailed definition

βροντή, -ῆς, ἡ,
[in LXX for רַעַם;]
thunder: Mrk.3:17, Jhn.12:29, Rev.4:5 6:1 8:5 10:3, 4 11:19 14:2 16:18 19:6.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1027 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • thunder7
  • thunderings4

First verses

  1. Mark 3:17
    And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
  2. John 12:29
    The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
  3. Revelation 4:5
    And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
  4. Revelation 6:1
    And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
  5. Revelation 8:5
    And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
  6. Revelation 10:3
    And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
  7. Revelation 10:4
    And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
  8. Revelation 11:19
    And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
  9. Revelation 14:2
    And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
  10. Revelation 16:18
    And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
  11. Revelation 19:6
    And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
βροντ-ή, ἡ,
thunder, Διὸς μεγάλοιο κεραυνὸν δεινήν τε β. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.199; ὑπὸ βροντῆς πατρὸς Διός 13.796; Ζηνός τε βροντῇ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.121)]; ἀστραπὴ καὶ β. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.86; β. στεροπῇ τε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 34 (_anapaest meter_); β. καὶ κεραυνίᾳ φλογί [prev. author] “Pr.” 1017; βροντῆς μύκημα [prev. work] 1062 (_anapaest meter_), compare 1083 (_anapaest meter_))]; β. δ᾽ ἐρράγη δι᾽ ἀστραπῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 578, etc.: in _plural_, [prev. author] “OC” 1514, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.6.28, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 21, etc.)]; χθόνιαι β. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1745: _metaphorically_, τούτου τὰς β. οἶδ᾽ ὅτι δείσεις 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Epistulae” 98.4.)]
II the state of one struck with thunder, astonishment, ἐπεάν σφι θεὸς ἐμβάλῃ β. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10.έ.)] (βρομτᾱ, compare βρέμω.)