Strong's Definition
to storm; by implication, to shiver, i.e. fear
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: be (horribly) afraid, fear, hurl as a storm, be tempestuous, come like (take away as with) a whirlwind.
TWOT Reference: 2274d,2275,2276
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׂעַר (sa.ar) — to shudder. 1) to shudder, shiver, dread, bristle (with horror), be very afraid 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bristle (with horror) 1a2) to dread
שָׂעַר (sa.ar) — to storm. 1) to storm away, sweep away, whirl away 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sweep away 1a2) to storm away (of God's action against the wicked) (fig) 1b) (Niphal) to be stormy, be tempestuous (exceedingly) 1c) (Piel) to whirl away, be stormed away 1d) (Hithpael) to storm against, come as a storm
שָׂעַר (sa.ar) — to know. perhaps to be acquainted with
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שַׂעַר · שְׂעָרָה
Afraid | verb qal
Collocation: שׂער שַׂעַר
to be in terror = process by which humans experience extreme fear
verb
Blow | verb nif
storm = process involving a strong movement of air, ► causing destruction; ≈ associated with the appearance and intervention of God
Move | verb pi
to sweep away literally: to storm (someone away); hence: = causative action by which a strong wind causes humans to move their place, ≈ probably not to be understood literally but symbolic denoting people's downfall and death
Move | verb qal
to sweep away literally: to storm (someone away); hence: = causative process by which deities causes humans to move from their place with great force ◄ as if by a heavy storm; ≈ probably not to be understood literally but symbolic denoting people's downfall and death
Move | verb hit
to storm out literally: to storm (out against someone); hence: = action by which a group of people moves forward quickly and aggressively ◄ like a strong wind
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׂעַר] vb. denom. bristle, with horror base
[שָׂעַר] vb. sweep or whirl away (of storm wind) Qal fig. he (י׳) shall sweep it away.
Niph. round about him it is tempestuous exceedingly.
Pi. and it [an E. wind] shall whirl him away fr. his place.
Hithp. the kg. shall storm against him.
base
[שָׂעַר] vb. perh. be acquainted with;—Qal Dt 32:17 ref
