Quick Definition
to rage
Strong's Definition
to rush upon; by implication, to toss (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: be (toss with) tempest(-uous), be sore, troubled, come out as a (drive with the, scatter with a) whirlwind.
TWOT Reference: 1528b
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
סָעַר (sa.ar) — to rage. 1) to storm, rage 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to storm 1a2) stormy, growing storm (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be enraged 1c) (Piel) to storm away 1d) (Pual) to be driven by storm
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · סַעַר · סְעָרָה · שׂער
Angry | verb nif
to be agitated, to be enraged = state in which humans are greatly upset by a certain situation, ◄ as if a storm is raging inside of them
Grieve | verb pu'al
to be greatly distressed = state in which humans are greatly distressed, ◄ as if battered by a storm
Move | verb po'el
to be blown away = process by which objects are blown away by a strong wind
Move | verb qal
to storm out = action by which a group of people moves forward quickly and aggressively ◄ like a strong wind
Scatter | verb pi
to scatter = causative action by which deities cause humans to leave their location and move away in different directions, ◄ as if they were blown away by the wind
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[סָעַר] vb. storm, rage Qal they [my foes] storm along to scatter me
Niph. and the heart of the king … was enraged
Pi. and storm them away (hurl them by a storm-wind) upon the nations.
Po. shall be like chaff (which) is storm-driven from a threshing-floor.
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