Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
whirlwind
Usage: storm-wind
Strong's Number
H5492
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
16
Books
9
Strong's H5492 Quick Answer
Strong's H5492 סוּפָה (cuwphah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. cuwphah (soo-faw') n-f. 1. a hurricane [from H5486] It has 16 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include whirlwind, storm, tempest, red, and sea. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- cuwphah (soo-faw') n-f. 1. a hurricane [from H5486]
- Usage
- 16 linked usages
- Books
- 9 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- whirlwind, storm, tempest, red, and sea
Meaning and Definition
cuwphah (soo-faw') n-f. 1. a hurricane [from H5486] KJV: Red Sea, storm, tempest, whirlwind, Red sea. Root(s): H5486
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5492. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H5492 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render cuwphah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
How Strong's H5492 Usage Compares
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 16 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H5492 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H5492 in the Old Testament
16 indexed usages in Old Testament.
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,
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Usage Excerpts
First 16 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5492.
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,
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
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.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5492, grouped by book.
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Strong's H5492 FAQ
What does cuphah (סוּפָה) mean?
Cuphah (Strong's H5492) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "hurricane". cuwphah (soo-faw') n-f. 1. a hurricane [from H5486]
How many times is cuphah (סוּפָה) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 16 linked usages for Strong's H5492 across 9 books.
Where can I study cuphah (סוּפָה) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5492 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate cuphah (סוּפָה)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as whirlwind, storm, tempest, red, and sea. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.