סַ֫עַר
sa.ar
tempest
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word סַ֫עַר (sa.ar) Strong's number H5591B, translates to "tempest". This word appears 16 times in the Bible and belongs to the semantic domain of Water & Weather. The definition of tempest suggests a violent storm or turmoil, encompassing various aspects of extreme weather conditions. The 16 occurrences of this word in the Bible demonstrate its significance in describing intense weather events. It's often used to convey a sense of chaos, disorder, and disruption. The range of usage for סַ֫עַר is not limited to natural phenomena alone, but also extends to figurative representations of divine judgment, turmoil, and chaos. This Hebrew term holds importance in biblical literature, serving as a metaphor to describe the turmoil and chaos that can occur in both natural and spiritual realms. Its repeated appearances throughout the biblical text underscore its significance in conveying the idea of intense disturbances and upheavals, whether they be related to the natural world or the human experience.
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Occurrences in Scripture
16 total occurrences across the text
Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,
Job 40:6Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,
Psalms 107:25For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.
Psalms 107:29He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.
Psalms 148:8lightning and hail, snow and clouds; stormy wind, fulfilling his word;
Isaiah 29:6She will be visited by Yahweh of Armies with thunder, with earthquake, with great noise, with whirlwind and storm, and with the flame of a devouring fire.
Isaiah 40:24They are planted scarcely. They are sown scarcely. Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground. He merely blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
Isaiah 41:16You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in Yahweh. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 23:19Behold, Yahweh’s storm, his wrath, has gone out. Yes, a whirling storm: It will burst on the head of the wicked.
Jeremiah 30:23Behold, Yahweh’s storm, his wrath, has gone out, a sweeping storm: it will burst on the head of the wicked.
Ezekiel 1:4I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north: a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of the middle of it as it were glowing metal, out of the middle of the fire.
Ezekiel 13:11Tell those who plaster it with whitewash that it will fall. There will be an overflowing shower; and you, great hailstones, will fall. A stormy wind will tear it.
Ezekiel 13:13“ ‘Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “I will even tear it with a stormy wind in my wrath. There will be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it.
Zechariah 9:14Yahweh will be seen over them; and his arrow will go flash like lightning; and the Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
2 Kings 2:1When Yahweh was about to take Elijah up by a whirlwind into heaven, Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
2 Kings 2:11As they continued on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated them, and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.