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In biblical literature, the concept of sound, especially loud or significant sounds, plays an important role in conveying messages from God or marking significant events.<br><br><b>Biblical Context of Sound</b><br><br>Throughout the Bible, sound is a powerful medium through which God communicates with His people. For instance, in <a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16</a>, the sound of a trumpet is described as accompanying the presence of God on Mount Sinai: "On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled." This passage highlights the use of sound to signify the awe-inspiring presence of God.<br><br>Similarly, in the New Testament, the sound of a trumpet is associated with the return of Christ. In <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16</a>, it is written, "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first." Here, the sound serves as a herald of divine intervention and the fulfillment of God's promises.<br><br><b>Symbolism of Bells and Peals</b><br><br>While the Bible does not specifically mention "peals" in the context of bells, the use of bells is noted in the priestly garments described in the Old Testament. In <a href="/exodus/28-33.htm">Exodus 28:33-35</a>, the robe of the high priest is adorned with bells: "Make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn around the hem of the robe, with gold bells between them... Aaron must wear it when he ministers, so that the sound of the bells will be heard when he enters and exits the sanctuary before the LORD, so that he will not die." The sound of the bells served as a reminder of the holiness required in approaching God and the reverence due to Him.<br><br><b>Revelation and Peals of Thunder</b><br><br>In the apocalyptic literature of Revelation, peals of thunder are frequently mentioned as part of the divine revelation and judgment. <a href="/revelation/4-5.htm">Revelation 4:5</a> states, "From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven lamps of fire. These are the seven Spirits of God." The peals of thunder here symbolize the power and majesty of God, as well as the impending judgment and the unfolding of His divine plan.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>While "peal" as a term is not explicitly used in the Bible, the concept of significant sounds, such as peals of thunder or the ringing of bells, is deeply embedded in the biblical narrative. These sounds often accompany divine presence, revelation, and judgment, underscoring the majesty and authority of God throughout the Scriptures.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.<p>2. (<I>v. i.</I>) To appeal.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, of a multitude, etc.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells.<p>5. (<I>v. i.</I>) To utter or give out loud sounds.<p>6. (<I>v. i.</I>) To resound; to echo.<p>7. (<I>v. t.</I>) To utter or give forth loudly; to cause to give out loud sounds; to noise abroad.<p>8. (<I>v. t.</I>) To assail with noise or loud sounds.<p>9. (<I>v. t.</I>) To pour out.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7482.htm"><span class="l">7482. raam -- thunder</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from an unused word Definition thunder NASB Word Usage thunder (6).<br> thunder. From ra'am; a <b>peal</b> of thunder -- thunder. see HEBREW ra'am. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7482.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_7_1861/a_peal_of_bells.htm"><span class="l">A <b>Peal</b> of Bells</span></a> <br><b>...</b> A <b>Peal</b> of Bells. A Sermon (No.399). Delivered on Sunday Morning, July the 7th, 1861<br> by the. Rev. CH SPURGEON,. At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 7 1861/a peal of bells.htm</font><p><a href="/library/dibble/thoughts_on_missions/chapter_ii_christian_stewardship.htm"><span class="l">Christian Stewardship.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> of it; that thirty heralds of salvation then standing on our shores must not embark,<br> though the woes and agonies of dying souls were coming <b>peal</b> after <b>peal</b> on <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../dibble/thoughts on missions/chapter ii christian stewardship.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_10_1864/the_ship_on_firea_voice.htm"><span class="l">The Ship on Fire --A Voice of Warning</span></a> <br><b>...</b> men to sleep, and plays no pleasant tune for fools to dance to; with its crash and<br> roar, it wakes a slumbering world, and its dread volleys, echoed <b>peal</b> on <b>peal</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 10 1864/the ship on firea voice.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_37_1891/the_joyous_return.htm"><span class="l">The Joyous Return</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Throughout the book there has been thunder: sometimes a low rumbling, as of a distant<br> tempest, sometimes <b>peal</b> on <b>peal</b>, as of a storm immediately overhead. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/the joyous return.htm</font><p><a href="/library/macdonald/at_the_back_of_the_north_wind/chapter_6_the_hand_felt.htm"><span class="l">The Hand Felt Its Way up his Arm, And...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> At the same moment, a <b>peal</b> of thunder which shook Diamond's heart against the sides<br> of his bosom hurtled out of the heavens: I cannot say out of the sky, for <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 6 the hand felt.htm</font><p><a href="/library/cole/trials_and_triumphs_of_faith/chapter_vii_my_call_to.htm"><span class="l">My Call to the Ministry</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The air was full of music. <b>Peal</b> after <b>peal</b> of the heavenly anthem struck upon my<br> ear, and in my dream I exclaimed, "Is heaven so near the earth as this? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter vii my call to.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/great_voices_from_heaven.htm"><span class="l">Great Voices from Heaven</span></a> <br><b>...</b> is heard, commanding yet another unnamed to 'cry,' and, in response to the latter's<br> asking what is to be the burden of his message, bidding him <b>peal</b> out the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/great voices from heaven.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kennedy/life_and_work_in_benares_and_kumaon_1839-1877/chapter_vi_the_first_yearsociety.htm"><span class="l">The First Year --Society and Climate.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> burn up all nature, and which drives the birds for shelter to the thickest foliage<br> of the trees, the clouds gather, the thunder rolls, <b>peal</b> quickly succeeding <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter vi the first yearsociety.htm</font><p><a href="/library/trotter/parables_of_the_christ-life/section_2.htm"><span class="l">section 2</span></a> <br><b>...</b> It is because these last have received the new tide, and the old is ebbing out<br> already. The birth-<b>peal</b> and the death-knell rang together. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/trotter/parables of the christ-life/section 2.htm</font><p><a href="/library/stead/king_of_the_jews/chapter_x_conclusion.htm"><span class="l">Conclusion.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> I awoke shortly after midnight, after seeing the Passion Play at Ober-Ammergau,<br> with these words floating backward and forward in my head like a <b>peal</b> of bells <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/stead/king of the jews/chapter x conclusion.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/p/peal.htm"><span class="l"><b>Peal</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> abroad. 8. (vt) To assail with noise or loud sounds. 9. (vt) To pour out.<br> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Peal</b> (1 Occurrence). Revelation <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/peal.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/peals.htm"><span class="l">Peals (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/peals.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/peaks.htm"><span class="l">Peaks (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/peaks.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/premillennial.htm"><span class="l">Premillennial</span></a><br><b>...</b> James quickens the flagging courage, and reanimates the drooping spirits of believers<br> with this trumpet <b>peal</b>: "Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/premillennial.htm - 23k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/millennium.htm"><span class="l">Millennium</span></a><br><b>...</b> James quickens the flagging courage, and reanimates the drooping spirits of believers<br> with this trumpet <b>peal</b>: "Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/millennium.htm - 24k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/view.htm"><span class="l">View (86 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> James quickens the flagging courage, and reanimates the drooping spirits of believers<br> with this trumpet <b>peal</b>: "Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/view.htm - 81k</font><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://clyx.com/term/peal.htm">Peal: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><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><span class="encheading">Peal (1 Occurrence)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/14-2.htm">Revelation 14:2</a></span><br />I heard a sound from heaven, like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/p/peal.htm">Peal</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/flashes.htm">Flashes (16 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/pearl.htm">Pearl (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/secret.htm">Secret (341 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/flung.htm">Flung (11 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/terrible.htm">Terrible (90 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/resembled.htm">Resembled (18 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/dreadful.htm">Dreadful (23 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/doors.htm">Doors (149 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/peal.htm">Peal (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/blazing.htm">Blazing (27 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/v/voices.htm">Voices (76 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/seemed.htm">Seemed (89 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/heavy.htm">Heavy (110 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/loud.htm">Loud (222 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sea.htm">Sea (4178 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/followed.htm">Followed (201 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/dead.htm">Dead (580 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/ruler.htm">Ruler (329 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sanctuary.htm">Sanctuary (250 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/p/peaks.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Peaks"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Peaks" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/p/peals.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Peals"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Peals" /></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <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> <br /><br /> <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>