Word Study · Strong's H8175 · Hebrew
שָׂעַר
saar
saw-ar'
Strong's 1890 spelling: sâʻar
“to storm”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to storm; by implication, to shiver, i.e. fear
Rendered in the KJV as
be (horribly) afraid, fear, hurl as a storm, be tempestuous, come like (take away as with) a whirlwind.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- וִֽ֝ישָׂעֲרֵ֗הוּ1
- וְיִשְׂתָּעֵ֨ר1
- וְשַׂעֲר֛וּ1
- יִשְׂעֲר֤וּ1
- יִשְׂעָרֶֽנּוּ׃1
- נִשְׂעֲרָ֥ה1
- שָׂ֣עֲרוּ1
- שְׂעָר֖וּם1
How it is rendered · 8
- and it will whirl away him1
- and shudder1
- he will blow away it1
- it is tempestuous1
- so he may storm1
- they had known about them1
- they have shuddered1
- they will shudder1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- HC/Vpu3ms/Sp3ms1
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural1
- HC/Vtu3ms1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Vpu3ms/Sp3ms · 1
- HC/Vqv2mp · 1
- HC/Vtu3ms · 1
- HVNp3fs · 1
- HVqi3mp · 1
- HVqi3ms/Sp3ms · 1
- HVqp3cp · 1
- HVqp3cp/Sp3mp · 1
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 50:3נִשְׂעֲרָ֥הnisarahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularOur God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.here: it is tempestuous
- Psalms 58:9יִשְׂעָרֶֽנּוּ׃yisarenuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBefore your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.here: he will blow away it
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 27:35שָׂ֣עֲרוּsaaruverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralAll the people of the coastlands are appalled over you. Their kings shudder with fear; their faces are contorted.here: they have shuddered
- Ezekiel 32:10יִשְׂעֲר֤וּyisaruverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralI will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.’here: they will shudder