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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)
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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 - Wherefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD, "Waheb in Suphah, and the valleys of the Arnon,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18 - That they are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:20 - Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:9 - From its chamber comes the whirlwind, and cold from the scattering winds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:15 - so do thou pursue them with thy tempest and terrify them with thy hurricane!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:27 - when panic strikes you like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:25 - When the tempest passes, the wicked is no more, but the righteous is established for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:28 - their arrows are sharp, all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs seem like flint, and their wheels like the whirlwind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:13 - The nations roar like the roaring of many waters, but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away, chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind and whirling dust before the storm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:1 - The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on, it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:6 - you will be visited by the LORD of hosts with thunder and with earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:15 - "For behold, the LORD will come in fire, and his chariots like the stormwind, to render his anger in fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 - Behold, he comes up like clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles--woe to us, for we are ruined!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7 - For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads, it shall yield no meal; if it were to yield, aliens would devour it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:14 - So I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour her strongholds, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:3 - The LORD is slow to anger and of great might, and the LORD will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
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