βροντή brontē
Greek word for “thunder” · Strong’s G1027 · used 12 times in 11 verses
Meaning
βροντή, -ῆς, ἡ; thunder:, 6:1 8:5 10:3, 4 11:19 14:2 16:18 19:6.†;
How it is translated
Glosses given for brontē in context, with how often each is used:
- thunders 7
- thunder 4
- thunderings 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revelation | 10 | 1.0 | |
| Mark | 1 | 0.1 | |
| John | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Revelation 10 (2), Mark 3 (1), John 12 (1), Revelation 4 (1), Revelation 6 (1), Revelation 8 (1), Revelation 11 (1), Revelation 14 (1), Revelation 16 (1), Revelation 19 (1)
Forms
- βρονταί 4
- βροντῆς 3
- βρονταὶ 3
- βροντὴν 1
- βροντῶν 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with brontē more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- φωνή phōnē “voice/sound” 9
- ἀστραπή astrapē “lightning” 4
- σεισμός seismos “earthquake” 3
- ἑπτά hepta “seven” 4
- ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 5
- μέγας megas “great” 4
- ὅτε hote “when” 3
- οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 3
- λαλέω laleō “to speak” 3
- ὕδωρ hudōr, hudatos “water” 2
- πῦρ pur “fire” 2
- ἀνοίγω anoigō “to open” 2
Key verses
The verses using brontē that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 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:
- John 12:29 — The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
- 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…
- 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.
- 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…
- Revelation 10:3 — And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
- 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…
- 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,…
- 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:
- 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,…
- 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…
See all 11 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.