Bruit
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
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 [2]
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 [3]
(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 [4]
Rumor or report, Jeremiah 10:22 Nahum 3:19 .
Easton's Bible Dictionary [5]
King James Dictionary [6]
Bruit, To report to noise abroad.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [7]
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 [8]
a French word signifying noise, is the rendering in Jeremiah 10:22; Nahum 3:19, of שֵׁמִע or שְׁמוּעָה, a sound.
References
- ↑ Bruit from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Bruit from Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
- ↑ Bruit from Webster's Dictionary
- ↑ Bruit from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Bruit from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Bruit from King James Dictionary
- ↑ Bruit from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- ↑ Bruit from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature