Bible Dictionaries
Bruit

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

BRUIT . A bruit (pronounced as brute ) is a rumour or report (Fr. bruit , from bruire to roar). Thus 2Ma 4:39 ‘the bruit of his manliness was spread everywhere’; Nahum 3:19 ‘all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee.’

Bibliography Information
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Bruit'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​b/bruit.html. 1909.