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Lexicon :: Strong's H5492 - sûp̄â

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סוּפָה
Transliteration
sûp̄â
Pronunciation
soo-faw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun, proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1478b

Strong’s Definitions

סוּפָה çûwphâh, soo-faw'; from H5486; a hurricane:—Red Sea, storm, tempest, whirlwind, Red sea.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H5492 in the following manner: whirlwind (11x), storm (3x), Red sea (1x), tempest (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H5492 in the following manner: whirlwind (11x), storm (3x), Red sea (1x), tempest (1x).
feminine noun

  1. storm-wind

    proper locative noun

    1. Suphah = "honeycomb: overflow"

  2. a place east of the Jordan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סוּפָה çûwphâh, soo-faw'; from H5486; a hurricane:—Red Sea, storm, tempest, whirlwind, Red sea.
STRONGS H5492: Abbreviations
† I. סוּפָה noun feminine storm-wind (that makes an end ?); — absolute ס׳ Isaiah 5:28 +; סוּמָּ֫תָה Hosea 8:7 (Ges§ 90 f.); suffix סוּפָֽתְךָ Psalm 83:16; plural סוּפוֺת Isaiah 21:1; — strom-wind, כְּסַעַר בְּיוֺם ס׳ Amos 1:14; Nahum 1:3 (|| שְׂעָרָה), Isaiah 17:13 (|| רוּחַ), Job 37:9; Isaiah 21:1, as driving chaff Job 21:18 (verb גָּנַב; in simile), simile of rushing chariots Isaiah 5:28; Isaiah 66:15; Jeremiah 4:13, of ruin Proverbs 1:27; compare Proverbs 10:25; symbolic of י׳'s judgments, יִקְצֹ֑רוּ רוּחַ יִזְרָ֖עוּ וְס׳ Hosea 8:7; Psalm 83:16 (|| סַעַר), Job 27:20 (verb גָּנַב), Isaiah 29:6 (+ מְעָרָה).

† II. סוּפָה proper name, of a location East of Jordan; — only in phrase וָהֵב בְּס׳ in ancient poetry fragment Numbers 21:14; TristrMoab 50 compare Ṣāfieh (bdb069301), southeast oasis of Dead Sea, but ס = bdb069302 is most improbable.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

21:14

Job

21:18; 27:20; 37:9

Psalms

83:16; 83:16

Proverbs

1:27; 10:25

Isaiah

5:28; 5:28; 17:13; 21:1; 21:1; 29:6; 66:15

Jeremiah

4:13

Hosea

8:7; 8:7

Amos

1:14

Nahum

1:3

H5492

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5492 matches the Hebrew סוּפָה (sûp̄â),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:14 - For this reason The Book of the Wars of the LORD speaks of “the town of Waheb in the area of Suphah, and the ravines of the Arnon River,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18 - Are they driven before the wind like straw?
Are they carried away by the storm like chaff?
Not at all!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:20 - Terror overwhelms them like a flood,
and they are blown away in the storms of the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:9 - The stormy wind comes from its chamber,
and the driving winds bring the cold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:15 - chase them with your fierce storm;
terrify them with your tempest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:27 - when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
when disaster engulfs you like a cyclone,
and anguish and distress overwhelm you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:25 - When the storms of life come, the wicked are whirled away,
but the godly have a lasting foundation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:28 - Their arrows will be sharp
and their bows ready for battle.
Sparks will fly from their horses’ hooves,
and the wheels of their chariots will spin like a whirlwind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:13 - But though they thunder like breakers on a beach,
God will silence them, and they will run away.
They will flee like chaff scattered by the wind,
like a tumbleweed whirling before a storm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:1 - This message came to me concerning Babylon—the desert by the sea[fn]:
Disaster is roaring down on you from the desert,
like a whirlwind sweeping in from the Negev.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:6 - I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will act for you
with thunder and earthquake and great noise,
with whirlwind and storm and consuming fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:15 - See, the LORD is coming with fire,
and his swift chariots roar like a whirlwind.
He will bring punishment with the fury of his anger
and the flaming fire of his hot rebuke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 - Our enemy rushes down on us like storm clouds!
His chariots are like whirlwinds.
His horses are swifter than eagles.
How terrible it will be, for we are doomed!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7 - “They have planted the wind
and will harvest the whirlwind.
The stalks of grain wither
and produce nothing to eat.
And even if there is any grain,
foreigners will eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:14 - So I will send down fire on the walls of Rabbah,
and all its fortresses will be destroyed.
The battle will come upon them with shouts,
like a whirlwind in a mighty storm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:3 - The LORD is slow to get angry, but his power is great,
and he never lets the guilty go unpunished.
He displays his power in the whirlwind and the storm.
The billowing clouds are the dust beneath his feet.
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