Bible Thesaurus: Rumor

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Rumor (10 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A prolonged, indistinct noise. 4. (vt) To report by rumor; to
tell. Multi-Version Concordance Rumor (10 Occurrences). ...
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Fame (38 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Public report or rumor. 2. (n.) Report
or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation ...
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Noise (126 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report. ... 5. (vi)
To sound; to make a noise. 6. (vt) To spread by rumor or report. ...
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Embassador (4 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 49:14 I have heard a rumor from the LORD, and an embassador is sent to
the heathen, saying, Assemble, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. ...
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Bruit (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Report; rumor; fame. ... BRUIT. broot (shema`): A word no longer in common use
(marked "archaic" and "obsolete" by Murray), signifying a rumor or report. ...
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Follows (65 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 7:26 Mischief shall come on mischief, and rumor shall be on rumor; and they
shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest ...
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Mischief (64 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 7:26 Mischief shall come on mischief, and rumor shall be on rumor; and they
shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest ...
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Nero
...Rumor had it that on hearing the Greek verse, "When I am dead let the earth be wrapped
in fire," he interrupted, "Nay rather, while I live" (Suetonius xxxviii ...
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Try (84 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 7:26 Mischief shall come on mischief, and rumor shall be on rumor; and they
shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest ...
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Lost (85 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 7:26 Mischief shall come on mischief, and rumor shall be on rumor; and they
shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest ...
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Bible Concordance

Rumor (10 Occurrences)

Luke 4:37 And there went forth a rumor concerning him into every place of the region round about.
(ASV)

Luke 7:17 And this rumor of him went forth throughout all Judea, and throughout all the neighboring region.
(WBS)

2 Kings 19:7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumor, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
(KJV WBS NAS RSV)

Job 28:22 Destruction and Death say,'We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.'
(WEB JPS ASV RSV NIV)

Isaiah 37:7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumor, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
(WBS NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 10:22 The voice of news, behold, it comes, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling place of jackals.
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 49:14 I have heard a rumor from the LORD, and an embassador is sent to the heathen, saying, Assemble, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
(WBS)

Jeremiah 51:46 And lest your heart should faint, and ye should fear for the rumor that shall be heard in the land; a rumor shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumor, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
(WBS NIV)

Ezekiel 7:26 Mischief shall come on mischief, and rumor shall be on rumor; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.
(WEB ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Obadiah 1:1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumor from the LORD, and an embassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
(WBS)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.

2. (n.) A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified.

3. (n.) A prolonged, indistinct noise.

4. (v. t.) To report by rumor; to tell.

Greek

189. akoe -- hearing, the sense of hearing
... akoe Phonetic Spelling: (ak-o-ay') Short Definition: hearing, faculty of hearing,
ear Definition: hearing, faculty of hearing, ear; report, rumor. ...
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2279. echos -- a noise, sound
... a noise, sound. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: echos Phonetic
Spelling: (ay'-khos) Short Definition: a sound, rumor Definition: (a) a sound ...
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5345. pheme -- a saying or report
... Word Origin from phemi Definition a saying or report NASB Word Usage news (2). report,
news. From phemi; a saying, ie Rumor ("fame") -- fame. see GREEK phemi. ...
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864. aphikneomai -- to arrive at
... come abroad, go forth. From apo and the base of hikanos; to go (ie Spread) forth
(by rumor) -- come abroad. see GREEK apo. see GREEK hikanos. ...
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2811. kleos -- fame
... Noun, Neuter Transliteration: kleos Phonetic Spelling: (kleh'-os) Short Definition:
glory, fame, praise Definition: glory, fame, praise; rumor, report, credit. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8052. shemuah -- a report
... Word Origin from shama Definition a report NASB Word Usage heard (1), message (3),
news (6), report (10), rumor (4), rumors (1), tidings (1), what it means (1 ...
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8088. shema -- a hearing, report
... From shama'; something heard, ie A sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience --
bruit, fame, hear(-ing), loud, report, speech, tidings. ...
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Library

Now, when all Galilee was Filled with this Rumor...
... Section 27. Now, when all Galilee was filled with this rumor� 27. Now,
when all Galilee was filled with this rumor, that their ...
/.../josephus/the life of flavius josephus/section 27 now when all.htm

The First Apology of Justin, the Martyr
... to strict and exact inquiry"not, moved by prejudice or respect for superstitious
men, or by irrational impulse and long-established evil rumor, giving a vote ...
/.../richardson/early christian fathers/the first apology of justin.htm

How Moses Ascended up to Mount Sinai, and Received Laws from God ...
... also; nay, indeed, it cannot be looked at without pain of the eyes: and besides
this, it was terrible and inaccessible, on account of the rumor that passed ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 5 how moses ascended.htm

However, Before those Laws were Sent into Africa by which Men are ...
... Rumor, however, had carried the tidings even across the sea that he had been killed
by the violence of the Donatists; and when afterwards he himself went abroad ...
/.../writings in connection with the donatist controversy /chapter 7 25 however.htm

A Plea Regarding Christians by Athenagoras, the Athenian
... But if the accusation goes no farther than a name"and it is clear that up to today
the tales about us rest only on popular and uncritical rumor, and not a ...
/.../richardson/early christian fathers/a plea regarding christians by.htm

The Roman Conflagration and the Neronian Persecution.
... Public rumor traced it to Nero, who wished to enjoy the lurid spectacle of burning
Troy, and to gratify his ambition to rebuild Rome on a more magnificent scale ...
/.../history of the christian church volume i/section 37 the roman conflagration.htm

Treatise on the Priesthood. Book I.
... [47] As soon as I heard this rumor I was seized with alarm and perplexity: with
alarm lest I should be made captive against my will, and perplexity, inquiring ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/treatise on the priesthood book.htm

Corn in Egypt
... to hope that there may be corn somewhere; and then he thinks there is; and then
he says there is; and then, what begins with a wish comes to be a rumor and a ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/corn in egypt.htm

The Life of Flavius Josephus
... Section 26. There were some bold young men of the village of Dabaritta� Section
27. Now, when all Galilee was filled with this rumor� Section 28. ...
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The Shadow of Disappointment.
... And, in the midst of their despondency, striking upon this very chord, the startling
rumor reached them that Christ had risen from the dead. ...
/.../chapin/the crown of thorns/the shadow of disappointment.htm

Subtopics

Rumor

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Fame (38 Occurrences)

Noise (126 Occurrences)

Embassador (4 Occurrences)

Bruit (2 Occurrences)

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Mischief (64 Occurrences)

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Try (84 Occurrences)

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