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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.
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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 - And the mind of the king of Syria was greatly troubled because of this thing; and he called his servants and said to them, "Will you not show me who of us is for the king of Israel?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:11 - "O afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:3 - Therefore they shall be like the morning mist or like the dew that goes early away, like the chaff that swirls from the threshing floor or like smoke from a window.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:11 - Then they said to him, "What shall we do to you, that the sea may quiet down for us?" For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:13 - Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring the ship back to land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14 - Thou didst pierce with thy shafts the head of his warriors, who came like a whirlwind to scatter me, rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:14 - "and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land they left was desolate, so that no one went to and fro, and the pleasant land was made desolate."
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