Roar
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. i.) To cry with a full, loud, continued sound.
(2): ( v. i.) To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or the like.
(3): ( n.) The sound of roaring.
(4): ( v. t.) To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
(5): ( v. i.) To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a certain disease. See Roaring, 2.
(6): ( v. i.) To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers roared at his jokes.
(7): ( v. i.) To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
(8): ( n.) The cry of one in pain, distress, anger, or the like.
(9): ( v. i.) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.
(10): ( n.) A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in mirth.
(11): ( n.) A loud, continuous, and confused sound; as, the roar of a cannon, of the wind, or the waves; the roar of ocean.
(12): ( v. i.) To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or other beast.
(13): ( n.) The deep, loud cry of a wild beast; as, the roar of a lion.
King James Dictionary [2]
1. To cry with a full, loud, continued sound to bellow, as a beast as a roaring bull a roaring lion. 2. To cry aloud, as in distress.
The suff'ring chief roar'd out for anguish.
3. To cry aloud to bawl as a child. 4. To cause a loud continued sound. We say, the sea or the wind roars a company roar in acclamation. 5. To make a loud noise.
The brazen throat of war had ceas'd to roar.
Roar, n.
1. A full loud sound of some continuance the cry of a beast as the roar of a lion or bull. 2. The loud cry of a child or person in distress. 3. Clamor outcry of joy or mirth as a roar of laughter. he set the company in a roar. 4. The loud continued sound of the sea in a storm, or the howling of a tempest. 5. Any loud sound of some continuance as the roar of cannon.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [3]
Psalm 22:1 (a) This undoubtedly refers to the intense suffering of Christ Jesus on the Cross when His soul cried out to God, "Why hast Thou forsaken me?"
Proverbs 28:15 (a) This animal roars when it is hungry and seeking more prey. So wicked rulers are never satisfied with that which they have conquered, but are seeking more people to crush and to rule.
1 Peter 5:8 (a) The Devil is never satisfied with his conquests. He seeks constantly to wreck and to ruin the lives of men, women and children to make them to doubt God, to turn away from the Word of God, and to follow his wicked designs.
