Shuddering
שַׂ֫עַרStrong’s H8178saar (sa-ar)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Saar is the Hebrew word usually translated “shuddering”, “shudder” and “tempest of”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.”
Meaning
- Terror, horror
- Storm, tempest
How it's translated
- shuddering 2
- a shudder 1
- a tempest of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 2
- Job 1
- Isaiah 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Isaiah 28:2Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 32:10Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.
Hebrew dictionary
שַׂ֫עַר saar · shuddering
terror, horror
שַׂ֫עַר saar · storm
storm, tempest,
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “shuddering” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SHUD'DERING, participle present
tense Trembling or shaking with fear or horror; quaking.
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.