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tempestuous

Meaning of “tempestuous”

Boisterous, or stormy.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604
4 occurrences4 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Psalms 50:3

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Every verse containing “tempestuous”

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Psalms 50:3
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 50:3 · retained source text

Our God shall come, and shall not keepe silence: a fire shall deuoure before him, and it shalbe very tempestuous round about him.

Jonah 1:11
¶ Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jonah 1:11 · retained source text

¶ Then said they vnto him, What shall we doe vnto thee, that the sea may be calme vnto vs? (for the sea wrought and was tempestuous.)

1611 marginal noteHebr. may be silent from vs.

1611 marginal noteOr grew more and more tempestuous. Heb. went.

Jonah 1:13
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jonah 1:13 · retained source text

Neuerthelesse the men rowed hard to bring it to the land, but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

1611 marginal noteHebr. digged.

Acts 27:14
But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Acts 27:14 · retained source text

But not long after, there arose against it a tempestuous winde, called Euroclydon.

1611 marginal noteOr, beat.

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