H8229 שִׁפְעָה (shiphʻâh) shif-aw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

abundance

Strong's Definition

copiousness

Derivation: feminine of H8228 (שֶׁפַע);

KJV Usage: abundance, company, multitude.

TWOT Reference: 2447b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) abundance, quantity, multitude

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G34 G1408 G2868 G4128

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שִׁפְעָה (shiph.ah) — abundance. abundance, quantity, multitude

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שִׁפְעָה (H8229)

noun f · שֶׁפַע

Quantity

abundance = state in which objects or substances are in a high quantity

JOB 22:11 · JOB 38:34 · ISA 60:6 · EZK 26:10

Groups

troop, company literally: abundance; hence: = a relatively large group of people

2KI 9:17 · 2KI 9:17

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[שִׁפְעָה], שִׁפְעַת n.f. abundance, quantity base

Bible Occurrences (5)

9:17

22:11 38:34

60:6

26:10

2 Kings 9:17

Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, I see a company of [troops]! Choose a rider, Joram commanded. Send him out to meet them and ask, Have you come in peace?

Job 22:11

it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.

Job 38:34

Can you command... the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

Isaiah 60:6

Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, [and] all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.

Ezekiel 26:10

His multitude of horses will cover you in their dust. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots.