סְעָרָה searah

Hebrew word for “tempest” · Strong’s H5591 · used 24 times in 22 verses

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Meaning

tempest, storm, whirlwind; Also means: sa.ar (סַ֫עַר "tempest" H5591A)

Senses in the lexicon

• tempest (16)
• tempest (8)

How it is translated

Glosses given for searah in context, with how often each is used:

• storm 14
• tempest 5
• whirlwind 2
• tempests 2
• storm winds 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Kings 2 (2), Psalms 107 (2), Ezekiel 13 (2), Jonah 1 (2), Job 38 (1), Job 40 (1), Psalms 55 (1), Psalms 83 (1), Psalms 148 (1), Isaiah 29 (1)

Forms

• סערה 5
• וסערה 3
• בסערה 2
• סערת 2
• סערות 2
• וסער 2
• סער 2
• הסערה 1
• בסערות 1
• מסער 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with searah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 8
• סוּפָה suphah “whirlwind” 3
• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 5
• גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 5
• אֶלְגָּבִישׁ elgavish “hail” 2
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 5
• חֵמָה chemah “rage” 3
• טוּל tul “to cast” 2
• שָׁטַף shataph “to overflow” 2
• גַּל gal “heap” 2
• גֶּשֶׁם geshem “rain” 2
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 4

Key verses

The verses using searah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 2 Kings 2:11 — And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and…
• Job 38:1 — Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
• Psalms 107:25 — For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
• Psalms 148:8 — Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
• Isaiah 29:6 — Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
• Isaiah 40:24 — Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they…
• Isaiah 41:16 — Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy…
• Jeremiah 23:19 — Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
• Ezekiel 1:4 — And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst…
• Ezekiel 13:11 — Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a…
• Amos 1:14 — But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the…
• Zechariah 9:14 — And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.