Word Study · Strong's H5590 · Hebrew

סָעַר

saar

saw-ar'

Strong's 1890 spelling: çâʻar

“to rush upon”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to rush upon; by implication, to toss (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)

Rendered in the KJV as

be (toss with) tempest(-uous), be sore, troubled, come out as a (drive with the, scatter with a) whirlwind.

7
occurrencesin the Old Testament
6 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
7
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 7 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 7

וְאֵ֣סָעֲרֵ֗ם1
וַיִּסָּעֵר֙1
וְסֹעֵ֖ר1
וְסֹעֵֽר׃1
יְסֹעֵ֣ר1
יִסְעֲר֖וּ1
סֹעֲרָ֖ה1

How it is rendered · 6

and storming2
[which] it is storm-driven1
and I will storm away them1
and it was enraged1
it is storm tossed1
they storm1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 6

conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
Hc/VNw3ms1
HC/Vpu1cs/Sp3mp1
verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
verb · intensive passive (pual), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular1
verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HC/Vqrmsa · 2
Hc/VNw3ms · 1
HC/Vpu1cs/Sp3mp · 1
HVpi3ms · 1
HVPp3fs · 1
HVqi3mp · 1

All 7, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Jonah2 of 7 · 29%
2 Kings1 of 7 · 14%
Isaiah1 of 7 · 14%
Hosea1 of 7 · 14%
Habakkuk1 of 7 · 14%

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2 Kings1 occurrence

2 Kings 6:11וַיִּסָּעֵר֙vaiyisaerHc/VNw3msFor this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”here: and it was enraged

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 54:11סֹעֲרָ֖הsoarahverb · intensive passive (pual), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.here: it is storm tossed

Hosea1 occurrence

Hosea 13:3יְסֹעֵ֣רyesoerverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularTherefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.here: [which] it is storm-driven

Jonah2 occurrences

Habakkuk1 occurrence

Habakkuk 3:14יִסְעֲר֖וּyisaruverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralWith his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.here: they storm

Zechariah1 occurrence

Zechariah 7:14וְאֵ֣סָעֲרֵ֗םveesaaremHC/Vpu1cs/Sp3mpBut I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”here: and I will storm away them

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