Rumour
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: 2 Kings 19:7
- Last Reference: Luke 7:17
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Rumor
RU'MOR, noun [Latin]
1. Flying or popular report; a current story passing from one person to another without any known authority for the truth of it.
Rumor next and chance and tumult and confusion all embroil'd.
When ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be ye not troubled. Mark 13:1.
2. Report of a fact; a story well authorized.
This rumor of him went forth throughout all Judea. Luke 7:1.
3. Fame; reported celebrity.
Great is the rumor of this dreadful knight.
RU'MOR, verb transitive To report; to tell or circulate a report.
'Twas rumor'd my father 'scap'd from out the citadel.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Rumored
RU'MORED, participle passive Told among the people; reported.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Rumorer
RU'MORER, noun A reporter; a teller of news.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Rumoring
RU'MORING, participle present tense Reporting; telling news.