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However, the concept of an echo, as a sound that reflects off surfaces and returns to the listener, can be metaphorically related to various biblical themes and teachings. The idea of an echo can be seen in the repetition and reinforcement of God's word, the consequences of human actions, and the enduring impact of divine truth. Echoes of God's Word The Bible often emphasizes the importance of hearing and responding to God's word. In <a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Isaiah 55:11</a> , it is written, "so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it." This passage suggests that God's word, much like an echo, reverberates through time and space, achieving its intended purpose and impacting the hearts of those who hear it. Echoes of Human Actions Scripture also teaches that human actions have consequences that can echo throughout one's life and even into future generations. <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7</a> states, "Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return." This principle of sowing and reaping reflects the idea that actions, whether good or bad, produce results that resonate beyond the initial act, much like an echo. Echoes of Divine Truth The enduring nature of divine truth is another theme that can be related to the concept of an echo. <a href="/psalms/119-89.htm">Psalm 119:89</a> declares, "Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens." The eternal and unchanging nature of God's truth ensures that it continues to echo through the ages, providing guidance and wisdom to all who seek it. Echoes in Worship and Praise In worship, the repetition of praise and the communal response of believers can be likened to an echo. The Psalms often depict the call and response of worship, where the praises of God are echoed by His people. <a href="/bsb/psalms/136.htm">Psalm 136</a> is a prime example, with its repeated refrain, "His loving devotion endures forever," creating a rhythmic echo of gratitude and acknowledgment of God's steadfast love. Echoes in Prophecy Prophetic messages in the Bible often contain echoes of past events and future fulfillments. The prophecies concerning the Messiah, for instance, echo throughout the Old Testament and find their fulfillment in the New Testament with the coming of Jesus Christ. This continuity and fulfillment demonstrate how God's promises reverberate through history, as seen in <a href="/matthew/1-22.htm">Matthew 1:22-23</a> , "All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 'Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel' (which means, 'God with us')." In summary, while the literal term "echo" is not found in the Bible, the concept is richly woven into the fabric of biblical teaching, illustrating the power and persistence of God's word, the consequences of human actions, and the timeless truth of divine revelation.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (n.) A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.2. (n.) Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.3. (n.) A wood or mountain nymph, regarded as repeating, and causing the reverberation of them.4. (n.) A nymph, the daughter of Air and Earth, who, for love of Narcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice.5. (v. t.) To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate.6. (v. t.) To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt.7. (v. i.) To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2192.htm">2192. echo -- to have, hold</a> ... 2191, 2192. echo. 2193 . ... (echousi) -- 3 Occurrences. (echousin) -- 33 Occurrences. (echo) -- 48 Occurrences. (echomen) -- 4 Occurrences. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2192.htm - 11k<a href="/greek/3793.htm">3793. ochlos -- a crowd, multitude, the common people</a> ... From a derivative of echo (meaning a vehicle); a throng (as borne along); by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3793.htm - 8k<a href="/greek/2279.htm">2279. echos -- a noise, sound</a> ... fame, sound. Of uncertain affinity; a loud or confused noise ("echo"), ie Roar; figuratively, a rumor -- fame, sound. ... (echo) -- 1 Occurrence. 2278, 2279. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2279.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/203.htm">203. akrobustia -- the prepuce, foreskin, hence uncircumcision</a> ... prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised (ie Gentile, figuratively, unregenerate) state or person -- not circumcised, uncircumcised (with echo), uncircumcision ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/203.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/4912.htm">4912. sunecho -- to hold together, to hold fast, pass. to be ...</a> ... Word Origin from sun and echo Definition to hold together, to hold fast, pass. ... see GREEK sun. see GREEK echo. (suneicheto) -- 1 Occurrence. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4912.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/4976.htm">4976. schema -- figure, shape</a> ... Word Origin from echo Definition figure, shape NASB Word Usage appearance (1), form (1). outward appearance, form, shape. ... see GREEK echo. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4976.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/2479.htm">2479. ischus -- strength, might</a> ... From a derivative of is (force; compare eschon, a form of echo); forcefulness (literally or figuratively) -- ability, might(-ily), power, strength. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2479.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/3794.htm">3794. ochuroma -- a stronghold, fortress</a> ... From a remote derivative of echo (meaning to fortify, through the idea of holding safely); a castle (figuratively, argument) -- stronghold. see GREEK echo. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3794.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/3562.htm">3562. nounechos -- sensibly, discreetly</a> ... Word Origin from nous and echo Definition sensibly, discreetly NASB Word Usage intelligently (1). discreetly. ... see GREEK echo. (nounechos) -- 1 Occurrence. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3562.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/1851.htm">1851. exoche -- a projection, eminence</a> ... Word Origin from execho (to project from, be prominent); from ek and echo Definition a projection, eminence NASB Word Usage prominent (1). ... see GREEK echo. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1851.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/october_27_behold_i_am.htm">October 27. "Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all Flesh; is There ...</a> ... The word Anathoth has a beautiful meaning, "echoes." So faith is the "echo" of God and God always gives the "echo" to faith, as He answers it back in glorious ... /.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /october 27 behold i am.htm<a href="/library/drummond/beautiful_thoughts/june_20_0.htm">June 20:</a> ... Sometimes, when uncertain of a voice from its very loudness, we catch the missing syllable in the echo. In God and Nature we have Voice and Echo. ... //christianbookshelf.org/drummond/beautiful thoughts/june 20 0.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/romans_corinthians_to_ii_corinthians_chap_v/the_love_that_constrains.htm">The Love that Constrains</a> ... II. Now let me ask you to consider the echo of this constraining love. ... Now the only answer and echo that hearts desire is the love of the beloved heart. ... /.../romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/the love that constrains.htm<a href="/library/winkworth/christian_singers_of_germany/friedrich_von_spee.htm">Friedrich Von Spee</a> ... it is some kindred heart responding to his own, then that it may be Jesus Himself condescending thus to sport with him, then he finds it is the echo, and from ... /.../winkworth/christian singers of germany/friedrich von spee.htm<a href="/library/burgon/the_causes_of_the_corruption_of_the_traditional_text/chapter_ii_accidental_causes_of.htm">Accidental Causes of Corruption.</a> ... I refer to the famous words all' oudeno`s lo'gon poioumai, oude echo te`n psuchen mou timi'an emauto, os teleiosai to`n dro'mon mou meta charas: excellently ... /.../chapter ii accidental causes of.htm<a href="/library/eckhart/meister_eckharts_sermons/iii_the_angels_greeting.htm">The Angel's Greeting</a> ... It is as if one stood before a high mountain, and cried, "Art thou there?" The echo comes back, "Art thou there?" If one cries, "Come out." the echo answers ... /.../eckhart/meister eckharts sermons/iii the angels greeting.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_j/silence_to_god.htm">Silence to God</a> ... gesture and his glance. A man's will should be an echo, not a voice; the echo of God, not the voice of self. It should be silent ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/silence to god.htm<a href="/library/josephus/the_wars_of_the_jews_or_history_of_the_destruction_of_jerusalem/chapter_5_the_great_distress.htm">The Great Distress the Jews were in Upon the Conflagration of the ...</a> ... The flame was also carried a long way, and made an echo, together with the groans of those that were slain; and because this hill was high, and the works at ... /.../chapter 5 the great distress.htm<a href="/library/kingsley/westminster_sermons/sermon_ii_the_perfect_love.htm">The Perfect Love.</a> ... of late gone to his rest, spoke well when he said, "As long as women and sorrow exist on earth, so long will the gospel of Christianity find an echo in the ... /.../kingsley/westminster sermons/sermon ii the perfect love.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_st_john_chaps_xv_to_xxi/abiding_in_love.htm">Abiding in Love</a> ... The parable proper is ended, but the thoughts of it still linger in our Lord's mind, and echo through His words, as the vibration of some great bell after the ... /.../expositions of holy scripture st john chaps xv to xxi/abiding in love.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/e/echo.htm">Echo (2 Occurrences)</a> ... 7. (vi) To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations. Multi-Version Concordance Echo (2 Occurrences). ... /e/echo.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/r/resound.htm">Resound (8 Occurrences)</a> ... 5. (vi) To echo or reverberate; to be resonant; as, the earth resounded with his praise. ... 8. (n.) Return of sound; echo. Multi-Version Concordance ... /r/resound.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/k/kol.htm">Kol</a> ... no more than "sound," "tone," "call" (eg water in pouring gives forth a "sound," bath qol, while oil does not), sometimes also "echo." The expression acquired ... /k/kol.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/b/bath.htm">Bath (13 Occurrences)</a> ... no more than "sound," "tone," "call" (eg water in pouring gives forth a "sound," bath qol, while oil does not), sometimes also "echo." The expression acquired ... /b/bath.htm - 22k<a href="/topical/c/catechist.htm">Catechist</a> ... The words are derived from katechein, meaning "to give a sound," "to answer," "to echo." Classically it was used of the sounding down of rushing water, of the ... /c/catechist.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/c/catechumen.htm">Catechumen</a> ... The words are derived from katechein, meaning "to give a sound," "to answer," "to echo." Classically it was used of the sounding down of rushing water, of the ... /c/catechumen.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/a/abraham.htm">Abraham (2539 Occurrences)</a> ... In the form 'abh-raham his ear caught the echo of some root (perhaps rhm; compare Arabic ruham, "multitude") still more suggestive of the patriarch's extensive ... /a/abraham.htm - 50k<a href="/topical/z/ziz.htm">Ziz (1 Occurrence)</a> ... At any rate, an echo of the ancient name survives here: possibly the actual ascent was the present steep pass from En-gedi to the plateau above. ... /z/ziz.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/z/zereth-shahar.htm">Zereth-shahar (1 Occurrence)</a> ... Perhaps in the name Chammat ec-Cara, attaching to the hot springs near Macherus, there may be some echo of the ancient name; but no identification is possible. ... /z/zereth-shahar.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/z/zoheleth.htm">Zoheleth (1 Occurrence)</a> ... The stone has disappeared, but it is thought that an echo of the name survives in ez-Zechweleh, the name of a rocky outcrop in the village of Siloam. ... /z/zoheleth.htm - 9k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-work.html">What does the Bible say about work? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/law-of-retribution.html">What is the law of retribution? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/blessed-are-the-meek.html">What does “blessed are the meek” mean? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/echo.htm">Echo: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Echo (2 Occurrences)<a href="/habakkuk/2-11.htm">Habakkuk 2:11</a> For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it. (See NIV)<a href="/zephaniah/2-14.htm">Zephaniah 2:14</a> Herds will lie down in the midst of her, all the animals of the nations. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the cedar beams. (WEB NIV)<a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><a href="/topical/e/echo.htm">Echo</a><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><a href="/topical/c/canon.htm">Canon</a><a href="/topical/e/eclipse.htm">Eclipse</a><a href="/topical/l/logia.htm">Logia</a><a href="/topical/e/ephesians.htm">Ephesians (4 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/n/new.htm">New (1850 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/n/number.htm">Number (2370 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/e/echo.htm">Echo (2 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/e/eliphaz.htm">Eliphaz (14 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/m/midian.htm">Midian (60 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/m/midianites.htm">Midianites (30 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/p/partridge.htm">Partridge (2 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/p/paul.htm">Paul (207 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/a/authority.htm">Authority (326 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah (124 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/l/laws.htm">Laws (184 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/a/agrarian.htm">Agrarian</a><a href="/topical/r/religion.htm">Religion (23 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job (60 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/t/testament.htm">Testament (13 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/w/writing.htm">Writing (194 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/i/isaac.htm">Isaac (127 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/a/apostle.htm">Apostle (25 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/e/ebionites.htm">Ebionites</a><a href="/topical/e/ebionism.htm">Ebionism</a><a href="/topical/b/backslide.htm">Backslide</a><a href="/topical/s/spirit.htm">Spirit (706 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/j/james.htm">James (40 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/h/holy.htm">Holy (1097 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/e/epistle.htm">Epistle (13 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea (6 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/e/ecclesiasticus.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ecclesiasticus"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ecclesiasticus" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/e/echoes.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Echoes"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Echoes" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>