Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A spring; a fountain. 2. (n.) A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind. 3. (n.) The motion of, or produced by, a great wave. 4. (n.) The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips. 5. (v. i.) To swell; to rise high and roll. 6. (v. i.) To slip along a windlass. 7. (n.) To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).

Multi-Version Concordance Surge (6 Occurrences) James 1:6 But let him ask in faith and have no doubts; for he who has doubts is like the surge of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed into spray. (WEY ASV) Job 40:23 Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth. (See NIV) Jeremiah 46:7 Who is this who rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers? (See NAS RSV) Jeremiah 46:8 Egypt rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he says, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and its inhabitants. (See NAS RSV) Amos 8:8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? And it shall wholly rise up like the Nile; and it shall surge and sink down, as the river of Egypt. (DBY) Habakkuk 3:15 You trampled the sea with your horses, churning mighty waters. (See NAS)