שָׁטַף (sha.taph) means “to overflow” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: shaw-taf' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שָׁטַף · sha.taph · to overflow
1) to wash, rinse, overflow, engulf, rinse or wash off 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to overflow 1a2) to flow, run 1a3) to rinse or wash off 1b) (Niphal) to be swept away, be rinsed out 1c) (Pual) to be rinsed, be scoured and rinsed
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a primitive root; to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
KJV glosses: drown, (over-) flow(-whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| like a flood | 2 |
| torrents | 2 |
| will be swept away | 2 |
| an overflowing | 1 |
| and rinsed | 1 |
| charging | 1 |
| engulf me | 1 |
| engulfs me | 1 |
| first rinsing | 1 |
| in torrents | 1 |
| is like a rushing | 1 |
| like a flowing | 1 |
| must be rinsed | 1 |
| overflowing | 1 |
| overwhelm you | 1 |
| raged | 1 |
| rinsed off | 1 |
| sweep it away | 1 |
| swirling | 1 |
| that flowed | 1 |
| the overwhelming | 1 |
| the overwhelming scourge | 1 |
| they will overflow | 1 |
| was washed | 1 |
| wash away | 1 |
| will flood | 1 |
| would have engulfed us | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| shall overflow | 3 |
| and shall overflow | 2 |
| overflow | 2 |
| when the overflowing | 2 |
| and hath not rinsed | 1 |
| and overflow | 1 |
| and rinsed | 1 |
| and shall be an overflowing | 1 |
| and there shall be an overflowing | 1 |
| as an overflowing | 1 |
| drown | 1 |
| had overwhelmed | 1 |
| he shall overflow | 1 |
| like a flowing | 1 |
| overflowed | 1 |
| overflowing | 1 |
| rusheth | 1 |
| shall be rinsed | 1 |
| shall they be overflown | 1 |
| that ran | 1 |
| there shall be an overflowing | 1 |
| they shall not overflow | 1 |
| thou washest away | 1 |
| washed | 1 |
| with him an overflowing | 1 |
| yea i throughly washed away | 1 |
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The clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 6.21
If the man with the discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands with water, the one who was touched must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
Read word by wordAny clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.
Read word by wordAnd the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.
Read word by wordMany people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.
Read word by wordas water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
Read word by wordI have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 69.3
Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 69.16
When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
Read word by wordthen the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
Read word by wordMighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.
Read word by wordIt will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!
Read word by wordThough your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
Read word by wordBehold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.
Read word by wordFor you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
Read word by wordI will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
Read word by wordYour covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.
Read word by wordHis breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
Read word by wordWhen you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
Read word by wordFor this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
Read word by wordI have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail
Read word by wordtell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.
Read word by wordThen I bathed you with water, rinsed off your blood, and anointed you with oil.
Read word by wordI will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.
Read word by wordBut his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.
Read word by wordThen a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.
Read word by wordThose who eat from his provisions will seek to destroy him; his army will be swept away, and many will fall slain.
Read word by wordAt the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood.
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