סַעַר

çaʻar · Hebrew · Strong's H5591 · 24 occurrences

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

What it means

a hurricane

or (feminine) סְעָרָה; from H5590 (סָעַר);

How the KJV renders it

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), çûwphâh (H5492), rûwach (H7307)

“storm”

also renders laîlaps (G2978), çûwphâh (H5492), çâʻâh (H5584), shôwʼ (H7722)

“whirlwind”

also renders çûwphâh (H5492), rûwach (H7307)

Where it appears

24 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 22 verses shown.

2 Kings 2:1 HRd/Ncfsa2 Kings 2:11 HRd/NcfsaAmos 1:14 HR/NcmsaEzekiel 1:4 HNcfsaEzekiel 13:11 HNcfpaEzekiel 13:13 HNcfpaIsaiah 29:6 HC/NcfsaIsaiah 40:24 HC/NcfsaIsaiah 41:16 HC/NcfsaJeremiah 23:19 HC/NcmsaJeremiah 25:32 HC/NcmsaJeremiah 30:23 HNcfscJob 38:1 HTd/NcfsaJob 40:6 HNcfsaJonah 1:4 HNcmsaJonah 1:12 HTd/NcmsaPsalm 55:8 HR/NcmsaPsalm 83:15 HR/Ncmsc/Sp2msPsalm 107:25 HNcfsaPsalm 107:29 HNcfsaPsalm 148:8 HNcfsaZechariah 9:14 HR/Ncfpc

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.