Sound
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
most frequently "a voice," is translated "sound" in Matthew 24:31 (AV marg., "voice"); John 3:8 , AV (RV, "voice"); so 1—Corinthians 14:7 (1st part),8; Revelation 1:15; 18:22 (2nd part, RV, "voice"); AV and RV in Revelation 9:9 (twice); in Acts 2:6 , RV, "(this) sound (was heard)," AV, "(this) was noised abroad."
"a noise, a sound of any sort" (Eng., "echo"), is translated "sound" in Acts 2:2; Hebrews 12:19 . See Roaring , B, Rumor.
akin to phthengomai, "to utter a voice," occurs in Romans 10:18; 1—Corinthians 14:7 . In the Sept., Psalm 19:4 .
akin to A, No. 2, occurs in 1—Corinthians 13:1 , "sounding (brass);" in some mss., Luke 21:25 . See Roaring.
"to sound forth as a trumpet" or "thunder" (ex, "out," and No. 1), is used in 1—Thessalonians 1:8 , "sounded forth," Passive Voice, lit., "has been sounded out." In the Sept., Joel 3:14 .
"to sound a trumpet" (salpinx), occurs in Matthew 6:2; 1—Corinthians 15:52 , "the trumpet shall sound;" Revelation 8:6-8,10,12,13; 9:1,13; 10:7; 11:15 .
"to heave the lead" (bolis, "that which is thrown or hurled," akin to ballo, "to throw;" sounding-lead), to take soundings, occurs in Acts 27:28 (twice).
Luke 1:44
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( v. t.) To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.
(2): ( v. i.) To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
(3): ( n.) A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound.
(4): ( n.) The peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration of a material substance affecting the ear; a sensation or perception of the mind received through the ear, and produced by the impulse or vibration of the air or other medium with which the ear is in contact; the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing by an impulse or vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies, or by other means; noise; report; as, the sound of a drum; the sound of the human voice; a horrid sound; a charming sound; a sharp, high, or shrill sound.
(5): ( n.) The occasion of sound; the impulse or vibration which would occasion sound to a percipient if present with unimpaired; hence, the theory of vibrations in elastic media such cause sound; as, a treatise on sound.
(6): ( n.) Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else.
(7): ( v. i.) To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible effect.
(8): ( v. i.) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
(9): ( v. i.) To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention.
(10): ( v. t.) To causse to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn.
(11): ( v. t.) To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument.
(12): ( v. t.) To order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or sounds; to give a signal for by a certain sound; as, to sound a retreat; to sound a parley.
(13): ( v. t.) Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
(14): ( v. t.) To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient.
(15): ( v. t.) To signify; to import; to denote.
(16): ( adv.) Soundly.
(17): ( superl.) Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land.
(18): ( superl.) Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.
(19): ( superl.) heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.
(20): ( superl.) Founded in truth or right; supported by justice; not to be overthrown on refuted; not fallacious; as, sound argument or reasoning; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles.
(21): ( superl.) Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; - said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound thinker.
(22): ( superl.) Firm; strong; safe.
(23): ( superl.) Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; - said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding.
(24): ( superl.) Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship.
(25): ( n.) A cuttlefish.
(26): ( n.) The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
(27): ( v. t.) To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported; to publish or proclaim; as, to sound the praises of fame of a great man or a great exploit.
(28): ( v. t.) To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the same to emit sounds and noting their character; as, to sound a piece of timber; to sound a vase; to sound the lungs of a patient.
(29): ( n.) Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture.
King James Dictionary [3]
Sound a. L. sanus.
1. Entire unbroken not shaky, split or defective as sound timber. 2. Undecayed whole perfect, or not defective as sound fruit a sound apple or melon. 3. Unbroken not bruised or defective not lacerated or decayed as a sound limb. 4. Not carious not decaying as a sound tooth. 5. Not broken or decayed not defective as a sound ship. 6. Whole entire unhurt unmutilated as a sound body. 7. Healthy not diseased not being in a morbid state having all the organs complete and in perfect action as a sound body sound health a sound constitution a sound man a sound horse. 8. Founded in truth firm strong valid solid that cannot be overthrown or refuted as sound reasoning a sound argument a sound objection sound doctrine sound principles. 9. Right correct well founded free form error orthodox. 2 Timothy 1 . Let my heart be sound in thy statutes. Psalms 119 . 10. Heavy laid on with force as sound strokes a sound beating. 11. Founded in right and law legal valid not defective that cannot be overthrown as a sound title to land sound justice. 12. Fast profound undisturbed as sound sleep. 13. Perfect, as intellect not broken or defective not enfeebled by age or accident not wild or wandering not deranged as a sound mind a sound understanding or reason.
SOUND, adv. Soundly heartily. So sound he slept that nought might him awake.
SOUND, n. The air bladder of a fish.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
sound : In Isaiah 63:15 the King James Version has "the sounding of thy bowels," a painfully literal translation of hămōn mē‛eykhā , with the similar phrase, "my bowels shall sound like an harp," in Isaiah 16:11 (compare Jeremiah 48:36 ). The intestines were considered a seat of emotion, and at times of great excitement were thought (in poetry, at least) to become tense and to give forth a musical sound. The Revised Version (British and American) (following the King James Version in Jeremiah 48:36 ) substitutes "heart" for "bowels" in Isaiah 16:11 , thus obscuring the figure but preserving the sense. In Isaiah 63:15 the Revised Version (British and American) paraphrases "the yearning of thy heart" (the English Revised Version "bowels"), a needless change from Isaiah 16:11 . See also Bath Kol; Solemn , Solemnity .
