Strong’s H5591 · Hebrew
סַעַר
çaʻar
sah'-ar
Definition
a hurricane
Etymology
or (feminine) סְעָרָה; from H5590 (סָעַר);
Where the KJV renders it
- storm(-y)
- tempest
- whirlwind
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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