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
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שֶׁ֫טֶף (she.teph) — flood. flood, downpour Also means: she.tseph (שֶׁצֶף "overflowing" H8241)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · שׁטף
Flow
torrent, flood = a large quantity of water moving with great and potentially destructive power; ≈ often used as an image for overwhelming danger, destruction, or military strength
Intense
overwhelming literally: a torrent; hence: = state in which an event is overwhelmingly intense ◄ like a flood of water
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שֶׁ֫טֶף, שֶׁ֫צֶף n.m. flood base