verb
ōruomō
Strong’sG5612
I roar, howl
stem ōru-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ὠρύομαι depon.,
[in LXX for שׁאג;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5612 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saido-roo'-om-ahee
to "roar"
Frommiddle voice of an apparently primary verb;
King Jamesroar.
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
future -ύσομαιLXX: aorist ὠρῡσάμην Refs 5th c.BC+:—Ionic dialect and poet. Verb, very rarely used in Attic dialect (see. below), howl, properly of wolves and dogs, Refs 3rd c.BC+; of lions, roar, Refs 3rd c.BC+; of animals generally, LXX+1st c.AD+; ὄρθιον ὤρυσαι Pi.[same place],LXX; of primitive folk, either in mourning, Refs 5th c.BC+, or in joy, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the sea, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II transitive, howl over, τῆνον μὰν θῶες, τῆνον λύκοι ὠ. Refs 3rd c.BC+—The active Refs (Sanskrit rauti (plural ruvanti), ruváti 'bellow', Latin ru-mor, Slavonic rev-ą, raju-ti.)
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
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| ōruorōntosὠρυόμενος | happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative singular masculine | roaring | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ōruomō | ōruome | ōruomē | ōruomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | ōruosō | ōruose | ōruosē | ōruoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ōruotō | ōruote | ōruotē | ōruotelē |
| we 1st person plural | ōruonō | ōruone | ōruonē | ōruonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ōruovō | ōruove | ōruovē | ōruovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | ōruolō | ōruole | ōruolē | ōruolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ōruomeiō | ōruomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | ōruoseiō | ōruoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ōruoteiō | ōruoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | ōruoneiō | ōruoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ōruoveiō | ōruoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | ōruoleiō | ōruoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | ōruosōr | ōruosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ōruotōr | ōruotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | ōruovōr | ōruovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | ōruolōr | ōruolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ōruomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | ōruosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ōruotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | ōruonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | ōruovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | ōruoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | ōruorō | ōruorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | ōruorōntos1×ὠρυόμενος | ōruorēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
ōru 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.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
ōruorōntos“roaring”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative singular masculine1×
1 Peter 5:8… tos antidikos vu diabolos hōs leontos ōruorōntos peripatatō zētarōntos tinon katapinara;… the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.