Tempest

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Θύελλα (Strong'S #2366 — Noun Feminine — thuella — thoo'-el-lah )

"a hurricane, cyclone, whirlwind" (akin to thuo, "to slay," and thumos, "wrath"), is used in  Hebrews 12:18 . In the Sept.,  Exodus 10:22;  Deuteronomy 4:11;  5:22 .

2: Σεισμός (Strong'S #4578 — Noun Masculine — seismos — sice-mos' )

"a shaking" (Eng., "seismic," etc.), is used of a "tempest" in  Matthew 8:24 . See Earthquake.

3: Χειμών (Strong'S #5494 — Noun Masculine — cheimon — khi-mone' )

"winter, a winter storm," hence, in general, "a tempest," is so rendered in  Acts 27:20 . See Weather , Winter.

4: Λαῖλαψ (Strong'S #2978 — Noun Feminine — lailaps — lah'ee-laps )

"a tempest,"  2—Peter 2:17 , AV: see Storm.

 Acts 27:18Labor

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types

 Job 9:17 (b) This type describes the tremendous, overwhelming sorrow that had come upon Job because of the losses described in the first two chapters of the book.

 Psalm 11:6 (b) By this is described the great sorrows which GOD sends upon His enemies because they will not trust and obey Him.

 Psalm 55:8 (b) Evidently David is describing life's troubles, sorrows and perplexities which overwhelmed him, as the storm overwhelms that which is in its path.

 Psalm 83:15 (b) The call is for GOD to send upon His enemies troubles, sorrows, grief and disaster as a punishment for their evil doings.

 Isaiah 28:2 (b) This is descriptive of the devastation that would be wrought upon Ephraim by the invasion of the enemy.

 Isaiah 32:2 (a) Here we see a type of the terrible outpouring of GOD's judgments upon His enemies, but which will not hurt nor harm those who are hidden in the Rock of ages, Christ Jesus

 Isaiah 54:11 (b) This type describes the sorrows and afflictions of Israel - pestilence, famine, invasion of hostile armies, internal insurrections, and other troubles which laid Israel low among the nations.

 Amos 1:14 (a) GOD will punish the Ammonites with a terrible destruction when He pours out His wrath upon them because of their wickedness and of their hatred of Israel.

King James Dictionary

TEM'PEST, n. L. tempestas tempus, time, season. The primary sense of tempus, time, is a falling, or that which falls, comes or happens, from some verb which signifies to fall or come suddenly, or rather to drive, to rush. Time is properly a coming, a season, that which presents itself, or is present. The sense of tempest, is from the sense of rushing or driving. See Temerity and Temerarious.

1. An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence a storm of extreme violence. We usually apply the word to a steady wind of long continuance but we say also of a tornado, it blew a tempest. The currents of wind are named, according to their respective degrees of force or rapidity, a breeze, a gale, a storm, a tempest but gale is also used as synonymous with storm, and storm with tempest. Gust is usually applied to a sudden blast of short duration. A tempest may or may not be attended with rain, snow or hail.

We, caught in a fiery tempest,shall be hurl'd

Each on his rock transfix'd--

2. A violent tumult or commotion as a popular or political tempest the tempest of war. 3. Perturbation violent agitation as a tempest of the

passions.

TEM'PEST, To disturb as by a tempest of the passions. Little used.

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm.

(2): ( n.) Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.

(3): ( n.) A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4.

(4): ( v. i.) To storm.

(5): ( v. t.) To disturb as by a tempest.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Tempest . See Galilee [Sea of], 3  ; Whirlwind.

Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament

TEMPEST. —See Sea of Galilee, p. 591.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

tem´pest ( סערה , ṣe‛ārāh , or שׂערה , se‛ārāh , "a whirlwind," זרם , zerem , "overflowing rain"; χειμών , cheimṓn , θύελλα , thúella ): Heavy storms of wind and rain are common in Palestine and the Mediterranean. The storms particularly mentioned in the Bible are: (1) the 40 days' rain of the great flood of Noah (  Genesis 7:4 ); (2) hail and rain as a plague in Egypt ( Exodus 9:18 ); (3) the great rain after the drought and the contest of Elijah on Carmel ( 1 Kings 18:45 ); (4) the tempest on the sea in the story of Jonah ( Jonah 1:4 ); (5) the storm on the Lake of Galilee when Jesus was awakened to calm the waves ( Matthew 8:24;  Mark 4:37;  Luke 8:23 ); (6) the storm causing the shipwreck of Paul at Melita ( Acts 27:18 ). Frequent references are found to God's power over storm and use of the tempest in His anger: "He maketh the storm a calm" ( Psalm 107:29 ); He sends the "tempest of hail, a destroying storm" ( Isaiah 28:2 ). See also  Job 9:17;  Job 21:18;  Isaiah 30:30 . Yahweh overwhelms His enemies as with a storm: "She shall be visited of Yahweh of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest" ( Isaiah 29:6 ). Yahweh is a "refuge from the storm" ( Isaiah 25:4;  Isaiah 4:6 ).