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Storm

θύελλαStrong’s G2366

thuella

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Thuella is the Greek word usually translated “storm”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,”
Hebrews 12:18 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “storm”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • to storm 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Hebrews 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    θύελλα thuella · storm

    θύελλα, -ης, ἡ (θύω), [in LXX Deu.4:11 5:22 (עֲרָפֶל), Exo.10:22 * ;] (poët. in cl.), a hurricane, cyclone, whirlwind: Heb.12:18.† SYN.: λαίλαψ (which see) (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “storm” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    STORM, noun

    [G., to disturb. Latin The primary sense of storm is a rushing, raging or violent agitation.[

    1. A violent wind; a tempest.
    2. A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter ad take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates and the like.
    3. Violent civil or political commotion; sedition; insurrection; also, clamor; tumult; disturbance of the public peace.
    4. Affliction; calamity; distress; adversity.
    All definitions and other forms of “storm”
    1. Violence; vehemence; tumultuous force.

    STORM, verb transitive

    To assault; to attack and attempt to take by scaling the walls, forcing gates or breaches and the like; as, to storm a fortified town.

      STORM, verb intransitive

      1. To raise a tempest.
      2. To blow with violence; impersonally; as, it storms.
      3. To rage; to be in a violent agitation of passion; to fume.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.