HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8319
שָׁרַק
sha.raq — to whistle
1) to hiss, whistle, pipe 1a) (Qal) to hiss (as a signal)
11 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Hiss
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8322
שְׁרֵקָה
she.re.qah — hissing
hissing, whistling
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8292
שְׁרִיקָה
she.ru.qah — piping
piping, whistling, hissing
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20321
ἐκσυρίζω
eksurizō — to hiss loudly
hiss loudly
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20982
πολυκέφαλος
polukephalos — the hissing of the serpents round the Gorgon's head
the hissing of the serpents round the Gorgon's head
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7106
ἐκκρούω
ekkrouō — to knock back
1. to knock out , τι ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν (Xenophon Historicus) 2. to drive back, repulse , (Thucydides): metaphorically to frustrate one of a thing, with genitive, (Plutarch) 3. to hiss an actor off the stage, explodere , (Demosthenes Orator) 4. to put off, adjourn by evasions , (Demosthenes Orator); ἐκκρ. τοὺς λόγους to baffle by putting off, elude , (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9030
ῥοιζέω
rhoizeō — to gurgle
to whistle , Lat. stridere, (Iliad by Homer); of a snake, to hiss , (Hesiod):—;Pass. to rush through the air , ἐρροίζητο (3rd singular pluperfect) [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9347
σύριγμα
surigma — a hissing
the sound of a pipe , (Euripides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9349
συρίζω
surizō — to hiss
1. to play the σῦριγξ, to pipe , (Euripides); with accusative cognate, συρίζων ὑμεναίους (Euripides) 2. to whistle, hiss , (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;with accusative cognate, συρίζων φόνον hissing forth murder, (Aeschulus Tragicus) 3. to hiss an actor, Lat. explodere, (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9350
συρισμός
surismos — a hissing
a hissing
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
To express contempt (Job 27:23). The destruction of the temple is thus spoken of (1 Kings 9:8). Zechariah (10:8) speaks of the Lord gathering the house of Judah as it were with a hiss: “I will hiss for them.” This expression may be “derived from the noise made to attract bees in hiving, or from the sound naturally made to attract a person’s attention.”
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.