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Lexicon :: Strong's H5590 - sāʿar

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סָעַר
Transliteration
sāʿar
Pronunciation
saw-ar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1528b

Strong’s Definitions

סָעַר çâʻar, saw-ar'; a primitive root; to rush upon; by implication, to toss (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative):—be (toss with) tempest(-uous), be sore, troubled, come out as a (drive with the, scatter with a) whirlwind.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H5590 in the following manner: whirlwind (3x), tempestuous (2x), troubled (1x), tossed with tempest (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H5590 in the following manner: whirlwind (3x), tempestuous (2x), troubled (1x), tossed with tempest (1x).

  1. to storm, rage

    1. (Qal)

      1. to storm

      2. stormy, growing storm (participle)

    2. (Niphal) to be enraged

    3. (Piel) to storm away

    4. (Pual) to be driven by storm

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סָעַר çâʻar, saw-ar'; a primitive root; to rush upon; by implication, to toss (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative):—be (toss with) tempest(-uous), be sore, troubled, come out as a (drive with the, scatter with a) whirlwind.
STRONGS H5590: Abbreviations
† [סָעַר] verb storm, rage (Ecclus. סער Hiph. Ecclesiasticus 47:17; move tempestuously; סְעָרָה storm-wind Ecclesiasticus 43:17; Ecclesiasticus 48:9; Late Hebrew Pi. stir up, blow, סְעָרָה storm-wind; = II. שָׂעַר, but relation obscure; Assyrian šâru, wind, favours originality of שׂ׳, but this only late in Hebrew, and for ס׳ Frä189 compare Arabic bdb070401 kindle fire, excite, inflame, be vehemently hungry and thirsty, be mad, insane, etc. Lane1363); —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural figurative, יִסְעֲרוּ Habakkuk 3:14 they [my foes] storm along to scatter me; Participle active סֹעֵר Jonah 1:11 the sea was growing more and more stormy, so Jonah 1:13 (+ עֲלֵיהֶם); feminine סֹעֲרָה Isaiah 54:11 storm-tossed (figurative of Jerusalem).
Niph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּסָּעֵר 2 Kings 6:11 and the heart of the king... was enraged because of (עַלֿ) this thing.
Pi. Imperfect 1st person singular suffix וְאֵסָֽעֲרֵם עַלֿ Zechariah 7:14 (on form see Ges§§ 23h, 52n) and storm them away (hurl them by a storm-wind) upon the nations.
Po. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular כְּמֹץ יְסֹעֵר Hosea 13:3 shall be like chaff (which) is storm-driven from a threshing-floor.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Kings

6:11

Isaiah

54:11

Hosea

13:3

Jonah

1:11; 1:13

Habakkuk

3:14

Zechariah

7:14

H5590

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5590 matches the Hebrew סָעַר (sāʿar),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:11 -

Now the heart of the king of Aram (Syria) was enraged over this thing. He called his servants and said to them, “Will you not tell me which of us is helping the king of Israel?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:11 -

“O you afflicted [city], storm-tossed, and not comforted,

Listen carefully, I will set your [precious] stones in mortar,

And lay your foundations with sapphires.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:3 -

Therefore they will be [swiftly dissipated] like the morning cloud

Or like dew which soon disappears,

Like chaff which swirls with the whirlwind from the threshing floor,

And like smoke from the chimney or through the window [worthless and without substance —they will vanish].

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:11 - Then they said to him, “What should we do to you, so that the sea will become calm for us?”—for the sea was becoming more and more violent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:13 - Nevertheless, the men rowed hard [breaking through the waves] to return to land, but they could not, because the sea became even more violent [surging higher] against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14 -

With the enemy’s own spears, You pierced

The head of his hordes.

They stormed out to scatter us,

Rejoicing like those

Who secretly devour the oppressed [of Israel].

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:14 - “but I scattered them with a storm wind among all the nations whom they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after they had gone, so that no one passed through or returned, for they [by their sins] had made the pleasant land desolate and deserted.”
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