Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve. 2. (v. t.) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry. 3. (v. i.) To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate. 4. (v. i.) To move hastily or swiftly. 5. (n.) A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel. 6. (v. t.) Anything that moves with a whirling motion. 7. (n.) A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached. 8. (n.) A whorl. See Whorl.

Multi-Version Concordance Whirl (5 Occurrences) Psalms 29:9 Yahweh's voice makes the deer calve, and strips the forests bare. In his temple everything says, "Glory!" (See RSV) Isaiah 22:18 Twisting you round and round like a ball he will send you out into a wide country: there you will come to your end, and there will be the carriages of your pride, O shame of your lord's house! (See RSV) Jeremiah 23:19 Behold, the storm of Yahweh, even his wrath, is gone forth, yes, a whirling storm: it shall burst on the head of the wicked. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Jeremiah 30:23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked. (Root in KJV JPS DBY WBS YLT RSV) Hosea 11:6 The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans. (See NAS)