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Notes: It may very well be that θύελλα and λαῖλαψ differ somewhat with respect to the suddenness of wind or the force of the wind. In certain contexts outside of the NT, λαῖλαψ would appear to be a somewhat stronger wind than θύελλα, but this is by no means certain, and for the NT there is no way to determine whether such a distinction is relevant.

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: θύελλα; -ης

Constructions: θύελλα; θύω; rush on，storm; ἄελλα; stormy wind，whirlwind

Sense 1: windstorm, whirlwind, squall

Semantic entry: 14.6

Semantic domains: Physical Events and States

Subdomains: Wind

Definition: sudden and violent gusts of winds, often from varied directions{N:001}

Notes: In a number of languages a strong wind which causes the waves or a storm on water must be referred to by a special term. Compare, for example, the English term squall; this would mean a wind of relatively short duration but sufficiently intense so as to create relatively high waves.

HEB 12:18: RV HEB 12:18 · LV HEB 12:18 · Read together HEB 12:18

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OET-RV HEB 12:18

18 You all haven’t come to what can be touched and to a blazing fire and to darkness and to gloom and to a storm (like Israelis encountered at Mt. Sinay)

OET-LV HEB 12:18

18 For/Because not you _all _have _approached, being _touched and having _been _burned with _fire, and to _darkness, and to _darkness, and to _whirlwind,

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

θύελλα

Form 1

Sense 1: windstorm, whirlwind, squall