KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: The loud sound associated with lightning or a storm. Sense 2: To make such a sound; of a voice, to sound like thunder. Sense 3: A loud or powerful sound described by comparison as thunder.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Exodus 9:23
Complete exact-word concordance
He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Hee saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha: and he smelleth the battaile afarre off, the thunder of the captaines, and the shouting.
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Hast thou an arme like God? or canst thou thunder with a voyce like him?
The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
The voice of thy thunder was in the heauen: the lightnings lightned the world, the earth trembled and shooke.
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Thou calledst in trouble, and I deliuered thee, I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proued thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
1611 marginal noteOr, strife.
1611 marginal noteExod. 17.6.
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
At thy rebuke they fled: at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
Thou shalt bee visited of the LORD of hostes with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storme and tempest, and the flame of deuouring fire.
And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
And Iames the sonne of Zebedee, and Iohn the brother of Iames (and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sonnes of thunder.)
AND I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
¶ And I sawe when the Lambe opened one of the seales, and I heard as it were the noise of thunder, one of the foure beastes, saying, Come and see.
And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
And I heard a voice from heauen, as the voice of many waters, and as the voyce of a great thunder: and I heard the voyce of harpers, harping with their harpes.
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Historical English dictionary sources
The sound which follows an explosion of electricity or lightning. ... Any loud noise.
To sound, rattle or roar, as an explosion of electricity. To make a loud noise, particularly a heavy sound of some continuance. To rattle, or give a heavy rattling sound.
