KJV dictionary & concordance
A violent, rapidly turning wind or tempest.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: 2 Kings 2:1
Complete exact-word concordance
AND it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
¶ And it came to passe when the LORD would take vp Elijah into heauen by a whirlewinde, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
And it came to passe as they still went on and talked, that beholde, there appeared a charet of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder, and Elijah went vp by a whirlewind into heauen.
1611 marginal noteEcclus. 48.9. 1.Mac. 2.58.
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
Out of the South commeth the whirlewinde: and cold out of the North.
1611 marginal noteHeb. out of the chamber.
1611 marginal noteHeb. scattering winds.
THEN the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
¶ Then the LORD answered Iob out of the whirlewind, and sayd,
¶ Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
¶ Then answered the LORD vnto Iob out of the whirlewinde, and said:
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
Before your pots can feele the thornes, he shall take them away as with a whirlewind, both liuing, and in his wrath.
1611 marginal noteHeb. as liuing, as wrath.
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
When your feare commeth as desolation, and your destruction commeth as a whirlewinde; when distresse and anguish commeth vpon you:
1611 marginal noteIob.27.9 isa. 1.15. ier.11.11. & 14.12.
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
As the whirlewinde passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an euerlasting foundation.
Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
Whose arrowes are sharpe, and all their bowes bent, their horses hoofs shall bee counted like flint, and their wheeles like a whirlewind.
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee farre off, and shalbe chased as the chaffe of the mountaines before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlewind.
1611 marginal noteOr, thistledowne.
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