Strong’s H2152 · Hebrew
זַלְעָפָה
zalʻâphâh · zal-aw-faw'
Origin or זִלְעָפָה xlit zilʻâphâph corrected to zilʻâphâh
Meaning a glow (of wind or anger); also a famine (as consuming)
In the King James Version horrible, horror, terrible.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Psalms 11:6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
- Psalms 119:53Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
- Lamentations 5:10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.