H7858 - שֶׁטֶף (sheṭeph)

H7858 שֶׁטֶף (sheṭeph) sheh'-tef

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

flood

Strong's Definition

a deluge (literally or figuratively)

Derivation: or שֵׁטֶף; from H7857 (שָׁטַף);

KJV Usage: flood, outrageous, overflowing.

TWOT Reference: 2373a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) flood, downpour

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2627 G3691 G5205

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

flood, downpour Also means: she.tseph (שֶׁצֶף "overflowing" H8241)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שֵׁטֶף / שֶׁטֶף sheṭeph / shêṭeph BDB Definition: 1) flood, downpour Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7857 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2373a Total KJV Occurrences: 6

Bible Occurrences (6)

38:25

32:6

27:4

9:26 11:22

1:8

Job 38:25

Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath [is] cruel and anger [is] like a flood, but who can withstand... jealousy?

Daniel 9:26

Then after the sixty-two... weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.

Daniel 11:22

Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.

Nahum 1:8

But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end [of Nineveh] and pursue His enemies into darkness.