Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
to resound
Usage: ἠχέω, -ῶ (ἦχος), [in LXX for הָמָה, etc. ;] to sound: 1Co.13:1 (cf. ἐξ-, κατ-ηχέω).† (AS)
Echeo means “roar” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2278 — chabereth (“companion”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2278 ἠχέω (echeo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. echeo (ay-kheh'-o) v. 1. to make a loud noise, i.e. reverberate [from G2279] It has 24 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include roaring and sounding. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
echeo (ay-kheh'-o) v. 1. to make a loud noise, i.e. reverberate [from G2279] KJV: roar, sound Root(s): G2279
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to resound
Usage: ἠχέω, -ῶ (ἦχος), [in LXX for הָמָה, etc. ;] to sound: 1Co.13:1 (cf. ἐξ-, κατ-ηχέω).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render echeo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2278 (ἠχέω) appears 22 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
18 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And Zillah also bore Tubal; he was a smith, a manufacturer both of brass and iron; and the sister of Tubal was Naamah.
And it came to pass on the third day, as the morning drew nigh, there were voices and lightnings and a dark cloud on Mount Sinai: the voice of the trumpet sounded loud, and all the people in the camp trembled.
And they went both of them until they came to Bethlehem: and it came to pass, when they arrived at Bethlehem, that all the city rang with them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Not the men only, the very walls and floor seemed to sound forth; all things preferring dissolution rather than to see the place defiled.
And he compassed him with pomegranates And with many golden bells round about, That as he went there might be a sound, And a noise made that might be heard in the temple For a memorial to the children of his people;
He beautified their feasts, And set in order the solemn times until the end, That they might praise his holy name, And that the temple might sound from morning.
First 24 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2278.
And Zillah also bore Tubal; he was a smith, a manufacturer both of brass and iron; and the sister of Tubal was Naamah.
And it came to pass on the third day, as the morning drew nigh, there were voices and lightnings and a dark cloud on Mount Sinai: the voice of the trumpet sounded loud, and all the people in the camp trembled.
And they went both of them until they came to Bethlehem: and it came to pass, when they arrived at Bethlehem, that all the city rang with them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I execute my words in Israel; whoever hears them, both his ears shall tingle.
And it came to pass when the ark of the Lord entered into the camp, that all Israel cried out with a loud voice, and the earth resounded.
And Adonijah and all his guests heard, and they had just left off eating: and Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, and said, What means the voice of the city in tumult?
and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him in Gihon, and have gone up thence rejoicing, and the city resounded: this is the sound which ye have heard.
it shall not be so. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I bring calamities upon Jerusalem and Judah, so that both the ears of everyone that hears shall tingle.
Their waters have roared and been troubled, The mountains have been troubled by his might. Pause.
For behold, thine enemies have made a noise; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
Therefore my belly shall sound as a harp for Moab, and thou hast repaired my inward parts as a wall.
Woe to the multitude of many nations, as the swelling sea, so shall ye be confounded; and the force of many nations shall sound like water;
for I am thy God, that troubles the sea, and causes the waves thereof to roar: the Lord of hosts is my name.
will ye not be afraid of me? saith the Lord; and will ye not fear before me, who have set the sand for a bound to the sea, as a perpetual ordinance, and it shall not pass it: yea, it shall rage, but not prevail; and its waves shall roar, but not pass over it.
and thou shalt say to them, Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye kings of Judah, and men of Judah, and the dwellers in Jerusalem, and they that enter in by these gates; thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, so that the ears of everyone that hears it shall tingle.
the people is fierce, and will have no mercy: their voices shall sound as the sea, they shall ride upon horses, prepared for war, like fire, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
for the Lord has utterly destroyed Babylon, and cut off from her the great voice sounding as many waters: he has consigned her voice to destruction.
Blow ye the trumpet on the hills, sound aloud on the heights: proclaim in the house of Aven, Benjamin is amazed.
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Not the men only, the very walls and floor seemed to sound forth; all things preferring dissolution rather than to see the place defiled.
And he compassed him with pomegranates And with many golden bells round about, That as he went there might be a sound, And a noise made that might be heard in the temple For a memorial to the children of his people;
He beautified their feasts, And set in order the solemn times until the end, That they might praise his holy name, And that the temple might sound from morning.
Then shouted the sons of Aaron, And sounded the silver trumpets, And made a great noise to be heard, For a remembrance before the most High.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2278, grouped by book.
Echeo (Strong's G2278) is a Greek word most simply glossed "roar". echeo (ay-kheh'-o) v. 1. to make a loud noise, i.e. reverberate [from G2279]
This page currently indexes 24 linked usages for Strong's G2278 across 14 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2278 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as roaring and sounding. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 18 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2278, with linked reader references where each row is available.