μῡκάομαι G3455
to roar, bellow; to make a loud, deep sound
This verb describes the roaring or bellowing sound made by animals, particularly lions, or loud reverberating sounds from other sources. In Revelation 10:3, the mighty angel cries out with a loud voice like a lion roaring, and seven thunders speak. The multilingual glosses identify roaring or bellowing (Spanish ruge, French rugir, German brüllen). Classical usage includes oxen lowing, lions roaring, or shields clanging. The term emphasizes powerful, resonant, awesome sound that commands attention.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Revelation 10:3 describes the mighty angel's voice as roaring like a lion, triggering seven thunders. The cross-linguistic evidence uniformly emphasizes the roaring quality. The comparison to a lion's roar conveys authority, power, and fearsome majesty—this is no ordinary announcement but a cosmic proclamation that shakes creation. The angel's leonine roar represents divine communication of overwhelming power, echoing God's voice through the prophets and anticipating the Lion of Judah's final victory. 1×
AR["يَزأَرُ"]·ben["গর্জন-করে।"]·DE["bruellen"]·EN["roars"]·FR["rugir"]·heb["שׁוֹאֵג"]·HI["दहाड़ता-है।"]·ID["mengaum."]·IT["mukatai"]·jav["nggero"]·KO["우르는"]·PT["ruge"]·RU["рычит."]·ES["ruge"]·SW["angurumavyo."]·TR["kükür"]·urd["دہاڑتا-ہے"]
Related Senses
H0559 1. say, speak, tell (5297×)G3004 1. say, tell, speak (2226×)H1696 1. speak, say, tell (Piel) (1105×)H7121 1. call, summon, name (575×)H6680 1. command, order, charge (483×)H6030b 1. answer, respond, reply (289×)G2980 1. speak, talk (277×)H5046 1. Hifil: to tell, report (237×)G0611 1. answer or respond verbally (232×)H1288 1. Piel: bless, invoke blessing (227×)H7650 1. swear, take an oath (Niphal) (154×)H3789 1. Qal passive participle: written, recorded (112×)H1984b 1. praise, laud (Piel) (111×)H7592 1. ask, inquire, question (96×)H3034 1. give thanks, praise (Hifil) (94×)G1321 1. teach, instruct actively (92×)H3789 2. Qal active: write, compose (89×)G1125 1. to write, compose (a letter or document) (84×)H5046 2. Hifil: to declare, proclaim (79×)H7892a 1. song, musical composition (78×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
μῡκάομαι, future -ήσομαι Refs 2nd c.AD+: aorist ἐμῡκησάμην Refs 8th c.BC+ once in present participle, Refs 8th c.BC+, elsewhere in Epic dialect aorist μύκον [ῠ], Epic dialect perfect μέμῡκα (also in Refs 4th c.BC+: pluperfect ἐμεμύκειν or μεμύκειν Refs 8th c.BC+:—properly of oxen, low, bellow, ὁ δὲ μακρὰ μεμυκώς [ὁ ταῦρος] Refs 8th c.BC+; of a calf, Theoc. [prev. cited]; of Heracles in agony,…