סָעַר
sāʿar
storm
Strong's H5590VerbHebrewTWOT 1528b

סָעַר (sāʿar) is a Hebrew verb meaning storm. It appears 7 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5590).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1528b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1528b)storm, rage; was enraged; rush upon, toss; be tempest, be tempestuous, be sore, troubled, come out as a whirlwind
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

סָעַר verb: storm, rage

Strong's H5590 סָעַר: to rush upon; by implication, to toss (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
KJV:be (toss with) tempest(-uous), be sore, troubled, come out as a (drive with the, scatter with a) whirlwind.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1528: סַ֫עַר saʿar — tempest; hurricane; storm, stormy, whirlwind

See it in Scripture

2 Kings 6:11Isaiah 54:11Habakkuk 3:14

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