Bruit

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Jeremiah 10:22 Nahum 3:19

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.’

King James Dictionary

BRUIT, n. Report rumor fame.

BRUIT, To report to noise abroad.

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.

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.