סוּפָה

çûwphâh · Hebrew · Strong's H5492 · 16 occurrences

The KJV renders 7 different Hebrew and Greek words as “tempest”

What it means

a hurricane

from H5486 (סוּף);

How the KJV renders it

red sea, storm, tempest, whirlwind

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“tempest”

also renders cheimṓn (G5494), seismós (G4578), thýella (G2366), laîlaps (G2978), çaʻar (H5591), rûwach (H7307)

“storm”

also renders laîlaps (G2978), çâʻâh (H5584), çaʻar (H5591), shôwʼ (H7722)

“whirlwind”

also renders çaʻar (H5591), rûwach (H7307)

“red sea”

also renders Çûwph (H5489)

Where it appears

16 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

Amos 1:14 HNcfsaHosea 8:7 HC/Ncfsa/ShIsaiah 5:28 HRd/NcfsaIsaiah 17:13 HNcfsaIsaiah 21:1 HR/NcfpaIsaiah 29:6 HNcfsaIsaiah 66:15 HC/Rd/NcfsaJeremiah 4:13 HC/Rd/NcfsaJob 21:18 HNcfsaJob 27:20 HNcfsaJob 37:9 HNcfsaNahum 1:3 HR/NcfsaNumbers 21:14 HR/NpProverbs 1:27 HR/NcfsaProverbs 10:25 HNcfsaPsalm 83:15 HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp2ms

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.