Strong's Hebrew · H8175
H8175 sâʻar
שָׂעַר
saw-ar'
to shudder
sâʻar appears 8 times in Scripture, in Deuteronomy, Job, Psalms, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to storm; by implication, to shiver, i.e. fear
In the King James Version
be (horribly) afraid, fear, hurl as a storm, be tempestuous, come like (take away as with) a whirlwind.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 8 times in Scripture
“At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood.”
“Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.”
“Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.”
“I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.’”
“Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.”
“The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.”
“All the people of the coastlands are appalled over you. Their kings shudder with fear; their faces are contorted.”
“They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
