סָעַר
çâʻar · saw-ar'
to rush upon; by implication, to toss (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to rush upon; by implication, to toss (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
- to rush upon
- by implication, to toss (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be (toss with) tempest(-uous), be sore, troubled, come out as a (drive with the, scatter with a) whirlwind.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › to see and know › the head, the highest
To support and uphold that works to see and know of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָעַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and was tempestuous2 · 29%
- was sore troubled1 · 14%
- tossed with tempest1 · 14%
- that is driven with the whirlwind1 · 14%
- they came out as a whirlwind1 · 14%
- but i scattered them with a whirlwind1 · 14%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.