Strong's Lexicon

H2230

H2230 — זֶרֶם

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewzeremnoun mascOccurrences: 9TWOT: 581a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2230
Word:	זֶרֶם
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H2229
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	9
Transliteration:	zerem
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	zeh'-rem
Meaning:	1. a gush of water
KJV Renderings:	flood, overflowing, shower, storm, tempest.

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זֶ֫רֶם noun masculine^{Hab 3:10} flood of rain, rain-storm, downpour (Aramaic זַרְמִית id.) — absolute ׳ ז Isa 4:6 + 2 t.; זָ֑רֶם Isa 32:2 construct זֶרֶם Job 24:8 + 4 t.; Isa 4:6 (|| מָטָר)); מַיִם ׳ ז Isa 28:2; Hab 3:10 הָרִים ׳ ז Job 24:8, i.e. such as falls among mountains compare Di; בָּרָד ׳ ז Isa 28:2 מַחְסֶה מִזֶּרֶם Isa 25:4, זֶרֶם קִיר Isa 25:4 i.e. such as dashes against a wall, Isa 32:2 (|| רוּחַ), נֶפֶץ וָזֶרֶם וְאֶבֶן בָּרָד Isa 30:30.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

זרם (zeh’-rem)

Job 24:8

KJV: They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

EHCC: They are wet with the showers of |

Isaiah 4:6

KJV: And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.

EHCC: for a covert from storm |

Isaiah 25:4

KJV: For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

EHCC: a refuge from the storm,

Isaiah 28:2

KJV: Behold, 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.

EHCC: as a tempest of hail

Isaiah 30:30

KJV: And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.his glorious…: Heb. the glory of his voice

EHCC: scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. /

Isaiah 32:2

KJV: And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.great: Heb. heavy

EHCC: a covert from the tempest ;

Habakkuk 3:10

KJV: The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.

EHCC: the overflowing of the water passed by: ו