Bible Dictionary: Whistling

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whistle.

2. (a. & n.) from Whistle.

Greek

4500. rhoizedon -- with a rushing sound
... Word Origin adverb from rhoizos (the whistling of an arrow) Definition with
a rushing sound NASB Word Usage roar (1). with a great noise. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8292. sheruqah -- hissing, whistling, piping
... sheruqah or sheriqah. 8293 . hissing, whistling, piping. Transliteration: sheruqah
or sheriqah Phonetic Spelling: (sher-oo-kaw') Short Definition: hissing. ...
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4953. mashroqi -- a (musical) pipe
... flute. (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to sharaq; a (musical) pipe (from its
whistling sound) -- flute. see HEBREW sharaq. 4952, 4953. mashroqi. 4954 . ...
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Library

Thankful for Anything.
... Some one asked me if whistling would do. She was a busy housewife and said
that was her rule. ... But maybe whistling is just as good. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on service/thankful for anything.htm

I have Been Asked to Tell You About the Back of the North Wind. .. ...
... as Diamond was falling asleep, out blew his cork and hit him on the nose, just hard
enough to wake him up quite, and let him hear the wind whistling shrill in ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 1 i have been.htm

The Springs of Social Life.
... civilization. It is arctic winter without. The snow chokes up the dreary
street, and the whistling wind cuts the beggar's rags. But ...
/.../chapin/humanity in the city/discourse v the springs of.htm

The Fourth Season,
... A leaf makes a pleasant, not a terrible noise; it makes indeed a kind of natural
music: but to a guilty conscience even the whistling leaves are drums and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/flavel/on keeping the heart/iv the fourth season.htm

Against Atheism and Infidelity.
... My mind is of such a particular cast, that the falling of a shower of rain, or the
whistling of wind, at such a time, is apt to fill my thoughts with something ...
/.../sect viii against atheism and.htm

As I have Said, I Propose to Take Only one Central Instance...
... the hypocritical ignoring of a huge fact can any one contrive to talk of "free love";
as if love were an episode like lighting a cigarette, or whistling a tune ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 7 as i have.htm

The Lives of Messrs. John Kid and John King.
... But this poor wretch had not gone far whistling and singing, till his carbine
accidentally went off, and killed him on the spot. ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the lives of messrs john.htm

Driven Forth
... The fury of oaths, the screams of the tortured, the whistling of scourges, were
heard even in churches, while the attempt was made to coerce the faithful to ...
/.../chapter li driven forth.htm

Christ Condemning Sin
... Because law brings no new element into our humanity, its appeal to our humanity
has little more effect than that of the wind whistling through an archway. ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/christ condemning sin.htm

But Let There Be, as You Wish, Honour in Wine and in Incense...
... frightened into giving over their silly wailings by hearing the sound ofrattles,
are the almighty deities also soothed in the same way by the whistling of pipes ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/32 but let there be.htm

Thesaurus

Whistling (4 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Whistling (4 Occurrences). Judges 5:16 Why did you
sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling for the flocks? ...
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Whistles (1 Occurrence)
... Isaiah 5:26 And he will let a flag be lifted up as a sign to a far-off nation,
whistling to them from the ends of the earth: and they will come quickly and ...
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Whistle (3 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To form, utter, or modulate by whistling; as, to whistle a tune or an air. ...
9. (n.) The mouth and throat; -- so called as being the organs of whistling. ...
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Whit (5 Occurrences)

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Watercourses (14 Occurrences)
... of heart. (WEB ASV). Judges 5:16 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds,
To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses ...
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Far-off (14 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 5:26 And he will let a flag be lifted up as a sign to a far-off nation,
whistling to them from the ends of the earth: and they will come quickly and ...
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Districts (22 Occurrences)
... of heart. (See NIV). Judges 5:16 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds,
To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses ...
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Campfires (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Campfires (2 Occurrences). Judges 5:16 Why did you
sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling for the flocks? ...
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Sheepfolds (9 Occurrences)
... and sheepfolds. (DBY YLT NAS). Judges 5:16 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds,
To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses ...
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Sounds (64 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 9:8 And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who
goes by will be overcome with wonder at it and make whistling sounds; and they ...
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Bible Concordance

Whistling (4 Occurrences)

Judges 5:16 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.
(WEB NIV)

1 Kings 9:8 And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder at it and make whistling sounds; and they will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?
(BBE)

Isaiah 5:26 And he will let a flag be lifted up as a sign to a far-off nation, whistling to them from the ends of the earth: and they will come quickly and suddenly.
(BBE)

Lamentations 2:16 All your haters are opening their mouths wide against you; making hisses and whistling through their teeth, they say, We have made a meal of her: certainly this is the day we have been looking for; it has come, we have seen it.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Whistling

Related Terms

Whistles (1 Occurrence)

Whistle (3 Occurrences)

Whit (5 Occurrences)

Watercourses (14 Occurrences)

Far-off (14 Occurrences)

Districts (22 Occurrences)

Campfires (2 Occurrences)

Sheepfolds (9 Occurrences)

Sounds (64 Occurrences)