Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H5591: סַעַר

çaʻar · pronounced sah'-ar · “tempest”

Definition

a hurricane

KJV translates it as: storm(-y), tempest, whirlwind.

Word origin: or (feminine) סְעָרָה; from H5590 (סָעַר);

Extended definition

tempest
Another spelling of se.a.rah (סְעָרָה "tempest" H5591B)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H5591 is translated

  • a storm ×7
  • a tempest ×4
  • storm ×3
  • whirlwind ×2
  • the storm of ×2
  • tempests ×2
  • tempest ×1
  • your ×1
  • the storm ×1
  • the storm winds of ×1

Bible verses with H5591 (çaʻar)

Çaʻar appears in 22 verses.

  • 2 Kings 2:1

    And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

  • 2 Kings 2:11

    And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

  • Job 38:1

    Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

  • Job 40:6

    Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

  • Psalms 55:8

    I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

  • Psalms 83:15

    So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

  • Psalms 107:25

    For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.

  • Psalms 107:29

    He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

  • Psalms 148:8

    Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:

  • Isaiah 29:6

    Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.

  • Isaiah 40:24

    Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

  • Isaiah 41:16

    Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

  • Jeremiah 23:19

    Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.

  • Jeremiah 25:32

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

  • Jeremiah 30:23

    Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.

  • Ezekiel 1:4

    And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

  • Ezekiel 13:11

    Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.

  • Ezekiel 13:13

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.

  • Amos 1:14

    But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:

  • Jonah 1:4

    But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

  • Jonah 1:12

    And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

  • Zechariah 9:14

    And the Lord shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.