Sâʻar — H8175

Definition

verb

to storm; by implication, to shiver, i.e. fear

1. to storm, shiver, dread, bristle (with horror), be very afraid
1. (Qal)
1. to bristle (with horror)
2. to dread
2. to storm away, sweep away, whirl away
1. (Qal)
1. to sweep away
2. to storm away (of God's action against the wicked) (fig)
2. (Niphal) to be stormy, be tempestuous (exceedingly)
3. (Piel) to whirl away, be stormed away
4. (Hithpael) to storm against, come as a storm

Usually translated as

afraid, a whirlwind, be tempestuous, be, fear, hurl as a storm, come like

Origin

a primitive root

Occurrences

Sâʻar occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), Job (1), Psalms (2), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (2), Daniel (1)

• Deuteronomy 32:17 — They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared (שְׂעָר֖וּם) not.
• Job 27:21 — The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth (וִֽ֝ישָׂעֲרֵ֗הוּ) him out of his place.
• Psalms 50:3 — Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous (נִשְׂעֲרָ֥ה) round about him.
• Psalms 58:9 — Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind (יִשְׂעָרֶֽנּוּ), both living, and in his wrath.
• Jeremiah 2:12 — Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid (וְשַׂעֲר֛וּ), be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
• Ezekiel 27:35 — All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid (שָׂ֣עֲרוּ), they shall be troubled in their countenance.
• Ezekiel 32:10 — Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid (יִשְׂעֲר֤וּ) for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.
• Daniel 11:40 — And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind (וְיִשְׂתָּעֵ֨ר), with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.