noun · feminine
brontas
Strong’sG1027
thunder
stem bront-12 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Thunder — the loud sound accompanying lightning 1234. The word is used in the New Testament for literal thunder 1, and the same sense appears in the Old Greek translation of the Old Testament 1 and widely in earlier Greek literature 3. It is related to a word meaning "to roar" 23.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Strong’s G1027 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbron-tay'
thunder
Fromakin to βρέμω (to roar);
King Jamesthunder(-ing).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
thunder, Διὸς μεγάλοιο κεραυνὸν δεινήν τε β. Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀστραπὴ καὶ β. Refs 5th c.BC+; β. δ᾽ ἐρράγη δι᾽ ἀστραπῆς Refs 5th c.BC+; χθόνιαι β. Refs 5th c.BC+
II the state of one struck with thunder, astonishment, ἐπεάν σφι θεὸς ἐμβάλῃ β. Refs 5th c.BC+ (βρομτᾱ, compare βρέμω.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | brontas | brontais7×βρονταί |
| object accusative | brontan1×βροντὴν | brontain |
| direct address vocative | brontar | brontair |
| of, belonging to genitive | brontau3×βροντῆς | brontaiu1×βροντῶν |
| to, for dative | bronta | brontai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
bronta is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
12 occurrences, every one of them listed
brontan“thunder”objectaccusative singular1×
John 12:29“thunder”… ochlos tos stēarēntos kai akouarantos legate brontan genarē; allosois legale; Angelos auto lalatē.The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.
brontau“thunder”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
Mark 3:17… autoi onomeim Boanērges, hem atō Huiois Brontau,… He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),
Revelation 6:1… teiu tessares zōeiu legarōnteu hōs fōna brontau; Erchosōr.… creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!”
Revelation 14:2… fōnan hudeiu polleiu kai hōs fōnan brontau megau, kai tas fōnas han akouama …… waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was …
brontais“peals of thunder”subjectnominative plural7×
Revelation 4:5… thronou ekporeuolō astrapais kai fōnais kai brontais; kai hepta lampadais pureu kaiorōntais enōpion …… came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches …
Revelation 8:5… balata eis tan gēan; kai genela brontais kai fōnais kai astrapais kai seismos.… to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an …
Revelation 10:3… kai hote krazata, lalala tais hepta brontais tain heautaiu fōnain.… when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.
Revelation 10:4kai hote lalala tais hepta brontais, mellame grafarō; kai akouama fōnan ek …When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to …
Revelation 10:4… legarōntan; Sfragizasar heim lalala tais hepta brontais, kai mē auteim grafaseia.… saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write …
Revelation 11:19… kai genela astrapais kai fōnais kai brontais kai seismos kai chalazas megas.… there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
Revelation 16:18kai genela astrapais kai fōnais kai brontais, kai seismos geneta megos, hoios ouk …… there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes …
brontaiu“thunder”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Revelation 19:6… fōnan hudeiu polleiu kai hōs fōnan brontaiu ischuraiu, legarōntoiu; Hallēlouia, hoti basilata kurios, …… and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord …