סַעַרçaʻar

סַ֫עַר: tempest, especially figurative (Jeremiah 23:19; Amos 1:14; Psalms 55:9; Psalms 83:16; Jeremiah 25:32)

Pronunciation: sah'-ar · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5591

Meanings

סְעָרָה: tempest, storm-wind (Isaiah 29:6; 2 Kings 2:1; 2 Kings 2:11; Jeremiah 23:19; Jeremiah 30:23)

שַׂ֫עַר: storm, (= סַ֫עַר) (Isaiah 28:2)

שְׂעָרָה: id., (= סְעָרָה) (Nahum 1:3; Job 9:17)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 24 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 2:1 When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were traveling from Gilgal.
  • 2 Kings 2:11 As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a chariot of fire appeared, drawn by horses of fire. It drove between the two men, separating them, and Elijah was carried by a whirlwind into heaven.
  • Job 38:1 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:
  • Job 40:6 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:
  • Psalms 55:8 How quickly I would escape— far from this wild storm of hatred.
  • Psalms 83:15 chase them with your fierce storm; terrify them with your tempest.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).