To rush
סָעָהStrong’s H5584saah (sa-ah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Saah is the Hebrew word usually translated “rushing”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to rush (of storm wind)
How it's translated
- rushing 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
סָעָה saah · to rush
(Qal) to rush (of storm wind)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rush” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RUSH, noun
[Heb. usually rendered sea-weed, and applied to the Arabic gulf, This correspondence deserves notice, as illustrating certain passages in the Scriptures.]
- A plant of the genus Juncus of many species.
- Any thing proverbially worthless or of trivial value.
All definitions and other forms of “rush”
RUSH, verb intransitive
- To move or drive forward with impetuosity, violence and tumultuous rapidity; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice; winds rush through the forest.
- To enter with undue eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush into business or speculation; to rush into the ministry.
RUSH, verb transitive
To push forward with violence. [Not used.]
RUSH, noun
A driving forward with eagerness and haste; a violent motion or course; as a rush of troops; a rush of winds.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.