H5591 - סַעַר (çaʻar)

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

סְעָרָה / סַעַר sa‛ar / se‛ârâh BDB Definition: 1) tempest, storm, whirlwind 1a) tempest Part of Speech: noun masculine or feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5590 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1528 Total KJV Occurrences: 24

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.