Lexical Definition

‎שָׁאוֹן‎ shâʼôwn (shaw-one') roar ^H:N-M
from ‎שָׁאָה‎

[idiom] horrible, noise, pomp, rushing, tumult ([idiom] -uous).

• uproar (as of rushing)
• by implication, destruction

1) roar, din, crash, uproar
1a) roar (of water)
1b) uproar (of revellers)

See Greek: ἀπώλεια · ἦχος · καταφέρω · κραυγή · ταλαιπωρία · ὑπερηφανία

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Also see: שָׁוְא

‎שָׁאוֺן‎ noun masculine^{Hos 10:14} roar (of waters, etc.), din, crash, uproar; — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Hos 10:14 +; construct ‎שְׁאוֺן‎ Isa 13:4 +; suffix ‎שְׁאוֺנָהּ‎ Isa 5:14 —

1. roar of water (waves), Isa 17:12 (|| ‎הָמָה‎), simile of noise of invading host, so vIsa 17:13, but strike out Du Che^Hpt Marti, as doublet; roar of this host vIsa 17:12 (|| ‎הָמוֺן‎), compare ‎שְׁאוֺן קוֺלָם‎ Jer 51:55 of waves also Ps 65:8* (twice in verse); of din, or crash of battle Amos 2:2; Hos 10:14; Ps 74:23 ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי שׁ‎ Jer 48:45 (i. e. warriors); of battle in which ‎׳‎‎י‎ beats down his foes Jer 25:31, compare Isa 66:6 of gathering hosts Isa 13:4 ‎זָרִים‎ Isa 25:3 (Du Marti, plausibly, ‎גְּאוֺן זְדִים‎, as Isa 13:11); read ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ also probably (for ‎שַׁאֲנָן‎, q. v.) 2Kgs 19:28 = Isa 37:29 in mocking appell. of Pharaoh (Necho), Jer 46:17 ‎׳‎‎פּ‎ (ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9) ‎קִרְאוּ שֵׁם‎ call ye the name of Phoenician a crash.

2. uproar of revellers Isa 5:14; Isa 24:8. — ‎׳‎‎בּוֺר שׁ‎ Ps 40:3*, pit of roaring (of waters? figurative, compare ‎מַעֲמַקֵּימַֿיִם‎ Ps 69:3*, where also || ‎יָוִן‎); Thes and others of destruction (see √ 2), but against usage of ‎שָׁאוֺן‎; > Du proposes ‎בּוֺר שָׁוְא‎ (compare ‎נָפַת שָׁוְא‎ Isa 30:28).

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