To shudder
שָׂעַרStrong’s H8175saar (sa-ar)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Saar is the Hebrew word usually translated “had known about them”, “it will whirl away him” and “it is tempestuous”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.”
Meaning
- To shudder, shiver, dread, bristle (with horror), be very afraid(Qal)
- To storm away, sweep away, whirl away(Qal) · (Niphal) to be stormy, be tempestuous (exceedingly) · (Piel) to whirl away, be stormed away · (Hithpael) to storm against, come as a storm
- Perhaps to be acquainted with
How it's translated
- they had known about them 1
- and it will whirl away him 1
- it is tempestuous 1
- he will blow away it 1
- and shudder 1
- they have shuddered 1
- they will shudder 1
- so he may storm 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 2
- Ezekiel 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- Job 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Daniel 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 32:17They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
- Job 27:21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
- Psalms 50:3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
- Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
- Jeremiah 2:12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
- Ezekiel 27:35All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.
Hebrew dictionary
שָׂעַר saar · to shudder
1) to shudder, shiver, dread, bristle (with horror), be very afraid 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bristle (with horror) 1a2) to dread
שָׂעַר saar · to storm
1) to storm away, sweep away, whirl away 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sweep away 1a2) to storm away (of God's action against the wicked) (fig) 1b) (Niphal) to be stormy, be tempestuous (exceedingly) 1c) (Piel) to whirl away, be stormed away 1d) (Hithpael) to storm against, come as a storm
שָׂעַר saar · to know
perhaps to be acquainted with
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “shudder” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SHUD'DER, verb intransitive
[This word contains the same elements as the Latin quatio.]
To quake; to tremble or shake with fear, horror or aversion; to shiver.
All definitions and other forms of “shudder”
SHUD'DER, noun
A tremor; a shaking with fear or horror.
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.