Bruit

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

BRUIT . A bruit (pronounced as brute ) is a rumour or report (Fr. bruit , from bruire to roar). Thus 2Ma 4:39 ‘the bruit of his manliness was spread everywhere’; Nahum 3:19 ‘all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee.’

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types

Jeremiah 10:22 (b) Here is a comparison of the great judgment of Israel to the roaring of falling waters.

Nahum 3:19 (b) Here is a graphic description of the howling, wailing, and crying of Nineveh in her judgment.

Webster's Dictionary

(1): (v. t.) To report; to noise abroad.

(2): (n.) An abnormal sound of several kinds, heard on auscultation.

(3): (n.) Report; rumor; fame.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Rumor or report, Jeremiah 10:22 Nahum 3:19 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Jeremiah 10:22Nahum 3:19

King James Dictionary

BRUIT, n. Report rumor fame.

BRUIT, To report to noise abroad.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

broot ( שׁמע , shēma‛ ): 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 Jeremiah 10:22 (the Revised Version (British and American) "rumour"; the American Standard Revised Version "tidings") and the King James Version Nahum 3:19 (the Revised Version (British and American) "bruit," appendix. "report"; the American Standard Revised Version "report").

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

a French word signifying noise, is the rendering in Jeremiah 10:22; Nahum 3:19, of שֵׁמִע or שְׁמוּעָה, a sound.