Quick Definition
I roar, howl
Strong's Definition
to "roar"
Derivation: middle voice of an apparently primary verb;
KJV Usage: roar
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὠρύομαι; deponent middle; the Sept. for ωΘΡΰΗβ; to roar, to howl, (of a lion, wolf, dog, and other beasts): 1Pe_5:8 (Jdg_14:5; Psalm 21:14 (); Jer_2:15; Wis_17:18; Theocritus, Plato, others); of men, to raise a loud and inarticulate cry: either of grief, Herodotus 3, 117; or of joy, id. 4, 75; to sing with a loud voice, Pindar Ol. 9, 163.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὠρύομαι ōryomai 1x
to howl; to roar, as a lion, 1Pe_5:8
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὠρύομαι ,
depon .,
[in LXX for H7580 ;]
of animals (also of men, Hdt ., al. ), to roar, howl: λέων , 1Pe_5:8 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὠρύομαι [page 702]
roar, howl. The use of the verb in 1Pe_5:8 is probably derived from Psa. 21꞉ 14 [MT Psa_22:14 ] ὡς λέων ὁ ἁρπάζων καὶ ὠρυόμενος . For the thought Moffatt ( NT Comm. ad l. ) cites Latimer s Sermon of the Plough where the text is quoted to prove that the devil is the most diligent prelate and preacher in England.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ὠρύομαι Med. "to howl", properly of wolves and dogs, Theocr. , etc.:—of men, ὄρθιον ὤρυσαι Pind. ; of savages, either in mourning or joy, Hdt. trans. "to howl over", τῆνον μὲν θῶες, τῆνον λύκοι ὤρυσαντο Theocr. ; so, ὠρ. ἐπί τινι Luc. ; περί τινα Bion. [Etym: Formed from the sound.]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ὠρύομαι depon.,
[in LXX for שָׁאַג ;]
of animals (also of men, Hdt., al.), to roar, howl: λέων, 1Pe.5:8.†
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