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Tempest

Part of speech: Noun

The violent tempest.


  Key words: Cyclone, Gale, Hurricane, Storm, Tempest, Tempestuous, Tornado, Typhoon, Whirlwind, Windstorm, Windy  


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  Words of Wisdom  

For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.   Job 9:17 

Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.   Job 27:20 

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.   Psalm 11:6 

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.   Psalm 50:3 

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.   Psalm 55:8 

So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.   Psalm 83:15 

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.   Isaiah 28:2 

Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.   Isaiah 29:6 

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.   Isaiah 30:30 

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.   Isaiah 32:2 

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.   Isaiah 54:11 

But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD.   Amos 1:14, 15 

But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.   Jonah 1:4 

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.
And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.   Jonah 1:11-13 

And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.   Matthew 8:24 

But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.   Acts 27:14 

And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.   Acts 27:18-20 

For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things that that of Abel.   Hebrews 12:18-24 

These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.   2 Peter 2:17 

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  Comments and Quotes  

A hurricane is a powerful cyclone-that forms over the tropical oceans. Hurricanes occur toward the end of summer, when low-pressure areas form over the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. The low-pressure area causes cool air to move which, in return, causes the air mass to begin spinning. The system begins to spin faster as more air is drawn in. The mixture of rising and spinning air forms a doughnut-shaped wall of strong winds and rain-clouds. A hurricane's winds causes the most destruction.
Hurricanes are found in the tropics during the summer and into autumn. They are most common near a low-lying coast on low latitudes. Also, they are commonly present in the Western Atlantic, North Pacific, and the Western South Pacific Oceans. - Michelle Rooks - 231


A tornado is a ferociously rotating column of air stretching from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud to the earth's surface. They are caused when a cloud that is the right size quickly precipitates which releases heat. This caused it to rise, creating a vacuum under it. The vortex is created from the air rushing under it. The most dangerous part of a tornado is the violent winds and the debris that goes to flight during one. Tornados have been spotted on every continent but Antarctica; however, most occur in the U.S. The most prominent time for tornados is from April 26 through June 9. Violent winds and debris slamming into buildings cause most structural damage. - Michelle Rooks - 233


A typhoon is a tropical cyclone very similar to a hurricane. However, it is formed over the Western Pacific and is more intense. They occur when the energy released by the condensation of moisture in rising air causes a positive feedback loop over warm ocean waters. A typhoon starts near the equator and moves westward gaining strength and size. A storm surge will often be present with a typhoon. These cyclones have very strong, destructive winds that frequently reach 150 mph. These winds cause the most damage. - Michelle Rooks - 232


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