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סוּפָה H5492

H5492 is the Hebrew word סוּפָה, transliterated çûwphâh and said soo-faw'. The King James Version most often renders it whirlwind.

Word: סוּפָהTransliteration: çûwphâhSaid: soo-faw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 12 verses

What it means

a hurricane.

Where it comes from

from H5486 (סוּף).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 12 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

whirlwind 6×storm 2×red sea 1×tempest 1×whirlwinds 1×like a whirlwind 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: Red Sea, storm, tempest, whirlwind, Red sea.

Verses using סוּפָה

All 12 verses, quoted in full.

Numbers 21:14 · KJV

Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,

Job 21:18 · KJV

They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

Job 27:20 · KJV

Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

Job 37:9 · KJV

Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.

Proverbs 1:27 · KJV

When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

Proverbs 10:25 · KJV

As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

Isaiah 21:1 · KJV

The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

Isaiah 29:6 · KJV

Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.

Isaiah 66:15 · KJV

For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

Jeremiah 4:13 · KJV

Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.

Hosea 8:7 · KJV

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

Nahum 1:3 · KJV

The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5492 mean?

H5492 is the Hebrew word סוּפָה (çûwphâh), meaning a hurricane.

How is H5492 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it whirlwind (6 times), storm (2 times), red sea (1 time), tempest (1 time), whirlwinds (1 time), among others.

How many times does H5492 appear in the Bible?

סוּפָה (çûwphâh) is tagged in 12 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5492 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H5486 (סוּף).

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