Howl
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
an onomatopoeic verb (expressing its significance in its sound), "to cry aloud" (the Sept. uses it to translate the Heb. yalal, e.g., Isaiah 13:6; 15:3; Jeremiah 4:8; Ezekiel 21:12; Lat., ululare, and Eng., howl are akin), was primarily used of crying aloud to the gods; it is found in James 5:1 in an exhortation to the godless rich.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( v. i.) To utter a loud, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
(2): ( n.) A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
(3): ( v. i.) To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
(4): ( v. i.) To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
(5): ( v. t.) To utter with outcry.
(6): ( n.) The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.
King James Dictionary [3]
Howl, L ululo.
1. To cry as a dog or wolf to utter a particular kind of loud, protracted and mournful sound. We say, the dog howls the wolf howls. Hence, 2. To utter a loud, mournful sound, expressive of distress to wail.
Howl lye, for the day of the Lord is at hand. Isaiah 13
Ye rich men, weep and howl. James 5
3. To roar as a tempest.
HOWL, To utter or speak with outcry.
Go--howl it out in deserts.
HOWL, n. The cry of a dog or wolf, or other like sound.
1. The cry of a human being in horror or anguish.
