θύελλαthýella

Greek (New Testament) · G2366

Meanings

a hurricane, cyclone, whirlwind: Hebrews 12:18.

Synonyms

λαῖλαψ (see that word).

Same root

θύωthýō · G2380properly, to rush (breathe hard, blow, smoke), i.e. (by implication) to sacrifice (properly, by fire, but genitive case); by extension to immolate (slaughter for any purpose)

Where it appears

Appears 1 times in the Bible.

Hebrews 12:18 You have not come to a physical mountain, to a place of flaming fire, darkness, gloom, and whirlwind, as the Israelites did at Mount Sinai.

Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.