whirlwind

Found 27 times in the King James Bible

H5591 Hebrew
G2978 Greek

English Definition

a hurricane

ע Hebrew (Old Testament)

Original Script

סַעַר

Transliteration

çaʻar

Strong's Reference H5591

Ω Greek (New Testament)

Original Script

λαῖλαψ

Transliteration

çaʻar

Strong's Reference G2978

"Whirlwind" translates different words in the original languages. In the Old Testament (Hebrew) it corresponds to H5591, while in the New Testament (Greek) it corresponds to G2978. Context determines which original word is being used.

Occurrences in Scripture

2 Kings 2:1 Old Testament

heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went

2 Kings 2:11 Old Testament

up by a whirlwind into heaven.

Job 37:9 Old Testament

south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out

Job 38:1 Old Testament

out of the whirlwind, and said,

Job 40:6 Old Testament

out of the whirlwind, and said,

Psalm 58:9 Old Testament

as with a whirlwind, both living, and

Proverbs 1:27 Old Testament

cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and

Proverbs 10:25 Old Testament

As the whirlwind passeth, so is

Isaiah 5:28 Old Testament

wheels like a whirlwind:

Isaiah 17:13 Old Testament

thing before the whirlwind.

Isaiah 40:24 Old Testament

wither, and the whirlwind shall take them

Isaiah 41:16 Old Testament

away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them:

Isaiah 66:15 Old Testament

chariots like a whirlwind, to render his

Jeremiah 4:13 Old Testament

be as a whirlwind: his horses are

Jeremiah 23:19 Old Testament

Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD

Jeremiah 23:19 Old Testament

even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall

Jeremiah 25:32 Old Testament

and a great whirlwind shall be raised

Jeremiah 30:23 Old Testament

Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD

Jeremiah 30:23 Old Testament

fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall

Ezekiel 1:4 Old Testament

and, behold, a whirlwind came out of

Daniel 11:40 Old Testament

him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and

Hosea 8:7 Old Testament

shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no

Hosea 13:3 Old Testament

driven with the whirlwind out of the

Amos 1:14 Old Testament

day of the whirlwind:

Nahum 1:3 Old Testament

way in the whirlwind and in the

Habakkuk 3:14 Old Testament

out as a whirlwind to scatter me:

Zechariah 7:14 Old Testament

them with a whirlwind among all the

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