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Strong's H5590 סָעַר (caar)

Caar means “be sore” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G5590 — psyche (“soul”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H5590
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 7
Books 6

Strong's H5590 Quick Answer

Strong's H5590 סָעַר (ca`ar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. ca`ar (saw-ar') v. 1. to rush upon 2. (by implication) to toss It has 7 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include sore and tempest. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
ca`ar (saw-ar') v. 1. to rush upon 2. (by implication) to toss
Usage
7 linked usages
Books
6 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
sore and tempest

Meaning and Definition

ca`ar (saw-ar') v. 1. to rush upon 2. (by implication) to toss {transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative} [a primitive root] KJV: be (toss with) tempest(-uous), be sore, troubled, come out as a (drive with the, scatter with a) whirlwind.

Original Word
סָעַר
Transliteration
ca`ar
Derivation
Root: סער
Morphology
verb-stem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5590. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to rage

Usage: 1) to storm, rage 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to storm 1a2) stormy, growing storm (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be enraged 1c) (Piel) to storm away 1d) (Pual) to be driven by storm

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How Strong's H5590 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ca`ar, 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.

sore 2 Kings 6:11 tempest Isaiah 54:11

How Strong's H5590 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 7 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5590 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 H5590 in the Old Testament

7 indexed usages in Old Testament.

2 Kings 6:11 KJV

Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?

Isaiah 54:11 KJV

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

Hosea 13:3 KJV

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

Usage Excerpts

First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5590.

2 Kings 6:11 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?
Isaiah 54:11 Old Testament, KJV
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
Hosea 13:3 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
Jonah 1:11 Old Testament, KJV
Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.
Jonah 1:13 Old Testament, KJV
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
Habakkuk 3:14 Old Testament, KJV
Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
Zechariah 7:14 Old Testament, KJV
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5590, grouped by book.

2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Jonah 2 usages, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H5590 FAQ

What does caar (סָעַר) mean?

Caar (Strong's H5590) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "be sore". ca`ar (saw-ar') v. 1. to rush upon 2. (by implication) to toss

How many times is caar (סָעַר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's H5590 across 6 books.

Where can I study caar (סָעַר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5590 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate caar (סָעַר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sore and tempest. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.