Hissing
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [1]
As a mode of calling an attendant to his master's side, is a custom very prevalent in Palestine. Says Osborne, "Whenever a servant was wanted, the usual shee!' which is so common throughout the land, started two or three in an instant." The same custom is evidently alluded to in Isaiah 5:26; 7:18; "The Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt," etc.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hiss
(2): (n.) The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.
(3): (n.) The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.
King James Dictionary [3]
HISS'ING, ppr. Making the noise of serpents.
HISS'ING, n. A hissing sound an expression of scorn or contempt.
1. The occasion of contempt the object of scorn and derision.
I will make this city desolate,and a hissing. Jeremiah 19
