H5591 סַעַר (çaʻar) sah'-ar

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

a hurricane

Derivation: or (feminine) סְעָרָה; from H5590 (סָעַר);

KJV Usage: storm(-y), tempest, whirlwind.

TWOT Reference: 1528

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) tempest, storm, whirlwind

1a) tempest

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1105 G2978 G3709 G4535 G4578 G5342

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

סַ֫עַר (sa.ar) — tempest. tempest Another spelling of se.a.rah (סְעָרָה "tempest" H5591B)

סְעָרָה (se.a.rah) — tempest. tempest, storm, whirlwind Also means: sa.ar (סַ֫עַר "tempest" H5591A)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

סַעַר (H5591a)

noun m · סער · שַׂעַר

Air | ≈ סוּפָה

storm = process by which a strong wind blows, ► causing danger and destruction and inspiring fear; ≈ often associated with the appearance and intervention of God and used as a symbol of warfare

PSA 55:9 · PSA 83:16 · JER 23:19 · JER 25:32 · JER 30:23 · AMO 1:14 · JON 1:4 · JON 1:12

Reinier de Blois

סְעָרָה (H5591b)

noun f · סער · שְׂעָרָה

Air | ≈ סוּפָה

storm = process by which a strong wind blows, ► causing danger and destruction and inspiring fear; ≈ often associated with the appearance and intervention of God

2KI 2:1 · 2KI 2:11 · JOB 38:1 · JOB 40:6 · PSA 107:25 · PSA 107:29 · PSA 148:8 · ISA 29:6 · ISA 40:24 · ISA 41:16 · JER 23:19 · JER 30:23 · EZK 1:4 · EZK 13:11 · EZK 13:13 · ZEC 9:14

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

סַ֫עַר n.m. tempest base

סְעָרָה n.f. tempest, storm-wind base

Bible Occurrences (22)

2:1 2:11

38:1 40:6

55:8 83:15 107:25 107:29 148:8

29:6 40:24 41:16

23:19 25:32 30:23

1:4 13:11 13:13

1:14

1:4 1:12

9:14

2 Kings 2:1

Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal,

2 Kings 2:11

As they were walking along... and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated... the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.

Job 38:1

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

Job 40:6

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

Isaiah 29:6

you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.

Isaiah 40:24

No sooner... are they planted, no sooner... are they sown, no sooner... have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.

Isaiah 41:16

You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 23:19

Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind... swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.