Shaag שָׁאַג

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Shaag (Hebrew שָׁאַג, Strong's H7580) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to roar”. It occurs 20 times in 17 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) (Qal) to roar
1a) of lion, conqueror, Jehovah, cry of distress

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	roar (10), roared (4), roaring (3), roareth (1), mightily roar (1)
BSB	roar (3), have roared (2), will roar (2), roars (2), came roaring (1), there comes a roaring (1), i groan (1), they roar (1), he will roar loudly (1), they will roar (1), is like a roaring (1), he will roar (1), and 2 other renderings

Every verse with Shaag, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Judges 14:5
Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,

Job 37:4
After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.

Psalm 22:13
They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
Psalm 38:8
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
Psalm 74:4
Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
Psalm 104:21
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.

Isaiah 5:29
Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away from deliverance.

Jeremiah 2:15
The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 25:30
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The Lord shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.
Jeremiah 51:38
They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.

Ezekiel 22:25
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.

Hosea 11:10
They shall walk after the Lord: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.

Joel 3:16
The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

Amos 1:2
And he said, The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”
Amos 3:4
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?
Amos 3:8
The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?The lion has roared— who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken— who will not prophesy?

Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).