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Strong's #2366 - θύελλα
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- a sudden storm, tempest, whirlwind
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θύελλ-α
[ ῠ], ἡ, (θύω, cf. ἄελλα from ἄημι)
hurricane, squall (cf. Arist. Mu. 395a6), κακὴ ἀνέμοιο Il. 6.346, al.; μισγομένων ἀνέμων.. θ. Od. 5.317; πυρός τ' ὀλοοῖο θύελλαι, prob. thunderstorms, 12.68; κούρας ἀνέλοντο θ. 20.66; τοὺς δ' αἶψ' ἁρπάξασα φέρεν πόντονδε θ. 10.48, cf. S. El. 1151; ποντία θ. Id. OC 1660; in similes, φλογὶ ἶσοι ἠὲ θυέλλῃ Il. 13.39; ἴκελοι πυρὶ ἠὲ θ. Hes. Sc. 345: metaph., ἄτης θύελλαι (nisi leg. θυηλαί, q. v.) A. Ag. 819; ὀχλικὴ θ. Phld. Rh. 1.184S.
θύελλα, θυελλης, ἡ (θύω to boil, foam, rage, as ἄελλα from ἄω, ἄημι), a sudden storm, tempest, whirlwind: Hebrews 12:18. (Deuteronomy 4:11; Deuteronomy 5:22; Homer, Hesiod, Tragg., others) (Cf. Schmidt, chapter 55, 11; Trench, § 73 at the end.)
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θύελλα , -ης , ἡ
(< θύω ),
[in LXX Deuteronomy 4:11; Deuteronomy 5:22 (H6205), Exodus 10:22*;]
(poët. in cl.),
a hurricane, cyclone, whirlwind: Hebrews 12:18.†
SYN.: λαίλαψ G2978 (q.v.).
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