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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