שָׁאַג shaag
Hebrew word for “to roar” · Strong’s H7580 · used 20 times in 17 verses
Meaning
1) (Qal) to roar; 1a) of lion, conqueror, Jehovah, cry of distress
How it is translated
Glosses given for shaag in context, with how often each is used:
- will roar 7
- roaring 5
- roar 2
- roars 1
- roared 1
- have been roaring 1
- certainly 1
- ¿ does it roar 1
- has roared 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 5 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Amos | 3 | 1.5 | |
| Hosea | 2 | 0.8 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Joel | 1 | 1.0 | |
| Zephaniah | 1 | 1.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Amos 3 (2), Judges 14 (1), Job 37 (1), Psalms 22 (1), Psalms 38 (1), Psalms 74 (1), Psalms 104 (1), Isaiah 5 (1), Jeremiah 2 (1), Jeremiah 25 (1)
Forms
- ישׁאג 8
- שׁאג 3
- שׁאגים 2
- ישׁאגו 2
- ושׁאג 1
- שׁאגתי 1
- שׁאגו 1
- שׁואג 1
- הישׁאג 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with shaag more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אַרְיֵה aryeh “lion” 8
- כְּפִיר kephir “lion” 6
- טֶרֶף tereph “prey” 4
- קוֹל qol “voice” 6
- טָרַף taraph “to tear” 2
- נָבָא nava “to prophesy” 2
- צִיּוֹן tsiyyon “Zion” 2
- קֶרֶב qerev “entrails” 2
- יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim “Jerusalem” 2
- אַחַר achar “after” 2
- אַיִן ayin “nothing” 2
- יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 2
Key verses
The verses using shaag that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Psalms 22:13 — They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
- Psalms 74:4 — Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
- Psalms 104:21 — The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
- 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 shall carry it away safe, and none…
- Jeremiah 2:15 — The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 25:30 — Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he…
- Ezekiel 22:25 — There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and…
- Hosea 11:10 — They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
- Joel 3:16 — The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his…
- Amos 1:2 — And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall…
- Amos 3:8 — The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
- Zephaniah 3:3 — Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
See all 17 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.