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Rumor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Flying or popular report; a current story passing from one person to another without any known authority for the truth of it.

2. Rumor next and chance and tumult and confusion all embroil'd.

3. When ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be ye not troubled. Mark 13:1 .

4. Report of a fact; a story well authorized.

5. This rumor of him went forth throughout all Judea. Luke 7:1 .

6. Fame; reported celebrity.

7. Great is the rumor of this dreadful knight.

Rumor [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To report; to tell or circulate a report.

2. 'Twas rumor'd my father 'scap'd from out the citadel.

Rumor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.

2. A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified.

3. A prolonged, indistinct noise.

Rumor [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To report by rumor; to tell.

Rumored [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Told among the people; reported.

Rumored [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Rumor

Rumorer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A reporter; a teller of news.

Rumorer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A teller of news; especially, one who spreads false reports.

Rumoring [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Reporting; telling news.

Rumoring [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Rumor

Rumorous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Of or pertaining to a rumor; of the nature of rumors.

2. Famous; notorious.

3. Murmuring.

Publication Roget’s Thesaurus §531

N. publication, public announcement, promulgation, propagation, proclamation, pronunziamento, circulation, indiction, edition, hue and cry, publicity, notoriety, currency, flagrancy, cry, bruit, hype, vox populi, report, the press, public press, newspaper, journal, gazette, daily, telegraphy, publisher, imprint, circular, circular letter, manifesto, advertisement, ad, placard, bill, affiche, broadside, poster, notice

V. publish, make public, make known, speak of, talk of, broach, utter, put forward, circulate, propagate, promulgate, spread, spread abroad, rumor, diffuse, disseminate, evulugate, put forth, give forth, send forth, emit, edit, get out, issue, bring before the public, lay before the public, drag before the public, give out, give to the world, put about, bandy about, hawk about, buzz about, whisper about, bruit about, blaze about, drag into the open day, voice, proclaim, herald, blazon, blaze abroad, noise abroad, sound a trumpet, trumpet forth, thunder forth, give tongue, announce with beat of drum, announce with flourish of trumpets, proclaim from the housetops, proclaim at charing cross, advertise, placard, post, post up afficher, publish in the gazette, send round the crier, raise a cry, raise a hue and cry, raise a report, set news afloat, be published &c, be public, become public, come out, go about, fly about, buzz about, blow about, get about, get abroad, get afloat, get wind, find vent, see the light, go forth, take air, acquire currency, pass current, go the rounds, go the round of the newspapers, go through the length and breadth of the land, virum volitare per ora, pass from mouth to mouth, spread, run like wildfire, spread like wildfire

Adj. published, current, in circulation, public, notorious, flagrant, arrant, open, trumpet-tongued, encyclical, encyclic, promulgatory, exoteric

Adv. publicly, in open court, with open doors

Int. oyez, o yes, notice, phr, notice is hereby given, this is to give, these are to give notice, nomina stultorum parietibus haerent, semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum

News Roget’s Thesaurus §532

N. news, information, piece of news, budget of news, budget of information, intelligence, tidings, word, advice, aviso, message, dispatch, despatch, telegram, cable, marconigram, wire, communication, errand, embassy, report, rumor, hearsay, on dit, flying rumor, news stirring, cry, buzz, bruit, fame, talk, oui dire, scandal, eavesdropping, town tattle, table talk, tittle tattle, canard, topic of the day, idea afloat, bulletin, fresh news, stirring news, glad tidings, flash, news just in, on-the-spot coverage, live coverage, old story, old news, stale news, stale story, chestnut*, narrator, newsmonger, scandalmonger, talebearer, telltale, gossip, tattler, journalism, media, news media, the press, the information industry, newspaper, magazine, tract, journal, gazette, publication, radio, television, ticker (electronic information transmission), united press international, upi, associated press, ap, the dow jones news service, dj, the new york times news service, nyt, reuters, tass, the nikkei, newscaster, newsman, newswoman, reporter, journalist, correspondent, foreign correspondent, special correspondent, war correspondent, news team, news department, anchorman, anchorwoman, sportscaster, weatherman, press secretary, public relations department, public relations man

V. transpire, rumor

Adj. many-tongued, rumored, publicly rumored, currently rumored, currently reported, rife, current, floating, afloat, going about, in circulation, in every one's mouth, all over the town, in progress, live, on the spot, in person

Adv. as the story goes, as the story runs, as they say, it is said, by telegraph, by wireless

Phr. "airy tongues that syllable men's names", what's up?, what's the latest?, what's new?, what's the latest poop?

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0 KJV and 11 BSB verses contain “rumor”

2 Kings 19:7

Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”

Nehemiah 6:7

And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

and you have even appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf: ‘There is a king in Judah.’ Soon these rumors will reach the ears of the king. So come, let us confer together.”

Nehemiah 6:8

Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”

Job 28:22

Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’

Isaiah 37:7

Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”

Jeremiah 51:46

And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

Do not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year— and then another the next year— of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.

Ezekiel 7:26

Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.

Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.

Matthew 24:6

And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

Mark 13:7

And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.

When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

John 21:23

Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?

Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?”

Acts 21:24

Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.

Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that there is no truth to these rumors about you, but that you also live in obedience to the law.