Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. i.) To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly. 2. (n.) A bellowing; a shouting; noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult. 3. (v. t.) To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow. 4. (v. i.) To search or root in the ground, as a swine. 5. (n.) A troop; a throng; a company; an assembly; especially, a traveling company or throng. 6. (n.) A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people. 7. (n.) The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion; -- said especially of an army defeated, broken in pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of defeating and breaking up an army; as, the rout of the enemy was complete. 8. (n.) A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together with intent to do a thing which, if executed, would make them rioters, and actually making a motion toward the executing thereof. 9. (n.) A fashionable assembly, or large evening party. 10. (v. t.) To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout. 11. (v. i.) To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.

Multi-Version Concordance Rout (6 Occurrences) Judges 1:5 They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites. (See NIV) 1 Samuel 4:3 When the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, "Why has Yahweh struck us today before the Philistines? Let us get the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of Shiloh to us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies." (See RSV) Job 32:13 Beware lest you say,'We have found wisdom, God may refute him, not man;' (See NAS) Psalms 78:66 He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach. (See RSV) Psalms 92:11 My eyes have seen trouble come on my haters; my ears have news of the fate of the evil-doers who have come up against me. (See NIV) Psalms 144:6 Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them. (WEB RSV NIV)