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Lexicon :: Strong's H7857 - šāṭap̄

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שָׁטַף
Transliteration
šāṭap̄
Pronunciation
shaw-taf'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2373

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁטַף shâṭaph, shaw-taf'; a primitive root; to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer:—drown, (over-) flow(-whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x

The KJV translates Strong's H7857 in the following manner: overflow (20x), rinsed (3x), wash away (2x), drown (1x), flowing (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x
The KJV translates Strong's H7857 in the following manner: overflow (20x), rinsed (3x), wash away (2x), drown (1x), flowing (1x), miscellaneous (4x).
  1. to wash, rinse, overflow, engulf, rinse or wash off

    1. (Qal)

      1. to overflow

      2. to flow, run

      3. to rinse or wash off

    2. (Niphal) to be swept away, be rinsed out

    3. (Pual) to be rinsed, be scoured and rinsed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁטַף shâṭaph, shaw-taf'; a primitive root; to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer:—drown, (over-) flow(-whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).
STRONGS H7857: Abbreviations
שָׁטַף verb overflow, rinse or wash off (Late Hebrew id., so Jewish-Aramaic שְׁטַף; Assyrian šatâpu, overflow, Arabic bdb100901 id., Cuche); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Isaiah 8:8 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּשְׁטֹף 1 Kings 22:38, etc.; Participle שׁוֺטֵף Isaiah 10:22 +, plural שֹׁטְפִים Isaiah 28:2; —
1. overflow, of river Isaiah 8:8; Jeremiah 47:2a (see נַחַל), Daniel 11:10, 40, all figurative of invading army, compare Isaiah 28:15 (qy. by StaThLz, Apr. 1894, 235, Du Marti read שׁוֺט שֹׁטֵט), Isaiah 28:18 (see שׁוֺט), also (simile of י׳ in judgment) Isaiah 28:2 (מַיִם), Isaiah 30:28, of judicial destruction, שׁוֺטֵף צְדָקָה Isaiah 10:22; with accusative of land Jeremiah 47:2b, person (figurative) Isaiah 43:2 (נְהָרוֺת), Psalm 69:3 (שִׁבֹּלֶת), Psalm 69:16 (מִיִם שׁ׳), Psalm 124:4 (מַיִם), compare Isaiah 28:17; Songs 8:7; גֶּשֶׁם שׁוֺטֵף flooding rain (of י׳'s judgement) Ezekiel 11:11, 13; Ezekiel 38:22; נַחַל שׁוֺטֵף Isaiah 66:12, simile, in good sense. — Abs. Daniel 11:26 see Niph. — Figurative of dashing, rushing horse, בַּמִּלְחָמָה כְּסוּס שׁוֺ׳ Jeremiah 8:6.
2. flow, run, literal of נַחַל Psalm 78:20; 2 Chronicles 32:4.
3. literally, rinse or wash off, with accusative of thing washed 1 Kings 22:38, יָדָיו בַּמָּ֑יִם Leviticus 15:11 (P); of stain Ezekiel 16:9 (מֵעָלַיִךְ; || רָחַץ); עֲפַראָֿ֑רֶץ Job 14:19.
Niph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשָּׁטֵף בַּמַּיִם Leviticus 15:12 be rinsed out, off (P; of wooden vessel); 3rd person masculine plural יִשָּֽׁטְפוּ מִלְּפָנָיו Daniel 11:22 be swept away (defeated), read probably יִשָּׁטֵף (for יִשְׁטֹף), also Daniel 11:26 (compare Dr).
Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וּמֹרַק וְּשֻׁטַּף בַּמָּ֑יִם Leviticus 6:21 (P) it shall be scoured and rinsed.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

6:21; 15:11; 15:12

1 Kings

22:38; 22:38

2 Chronicles

32:4

Job

14:19

Psalms

69:3; 69:16; 78:20; 124:4

Song of Songs

8:7

Isaiah

8:8; 8:8; 10:22; 10:22; 28:2; 28:2; 28:15; 28:17; 28:18; 30:28; 43:2; 66:12

Jeremiah

8:6; 47:2; 47:2

Ezekiel

11:11; 11:13; 16:9; 38:22

Daniel

11:10; 11:22; 11:26; 11:26; 11:40

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7857 matches the Hebrew שָׁטַף (šāṭap̄),
which occurs 31 times in 30 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:28 -

“A clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled is to be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, it is to be scoured and rinsed with water.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:11 -

“If the man with the discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands in water, the person who was touched is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:12 -

“Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, while any wooden utensil is to be rinsed with water.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 -

Then someone washed the chariot at the pool of Samaria. The dogs licked up his blood, and the prostitutes bathed in it, according to the word of the LORD that he had spoken.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:4 -

Many people gathered and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land; they said, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:19 -

as water wears away stones

and torrents wash away the soil from the land,

so you destroy a man’s hope.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:2 -

I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing;

I have come into deep water,

and a flood sweeps over me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15 -

Don’t let the floodwaters sweep over me

or the deep swallow me up;

don’t let the Pit close its mouth over me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:20 -

“Look! He struck the rock and water gushed out;

torrents overflowed.

But can he also provide bread

or furnish meat for his people? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:4 -

Then the water would have engulfed us;

the torrent would have swept over us;

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:7 -

A huge torrent cannot extinguish love;

rivers cannot sweep it away.

If a man were to give all his wealth[fn] for love,

it would be utterly scorned.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:8 -

It will pour into Judah,

flood over it, and sweep through,

reaching up to the neck;

and its flooded banks[fn]

will fill your entire land, Immanuel!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:22 -

Israel, even if your people were as numerous

as the sand of the sea,

only a remnant of them will return.

Destruction has been decreed;

justice overflows.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:2 -

Look, the Lord has a strong and mighty one —

like a devastating hail storm,

like a storm with strong flooding water.

He will bring it across the land with his hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15 -

For you said, “We have made a covenant with Death,

and we have an agreement with Sheol;

when the overwhelming catastrophe[fn] passes through,

it will not touch us,

because we have made falsehood our refuge

and have hidden behind treachery.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17 -

“And I will make justice the measuring line

and righteousness the mason’s level.”

Hail will sweep away the false refuge,

and water will flood your hiding place.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:18 -

Your covenant with Death will be dissolved,

and your agreement with Sheol will not last.

When the overwhelming catastrophe passes through,

you will be trampled.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28 -

His breath is like an overflowing torrent

that rises to the neck.

He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction

and to put a bridle on the jaws of the peoples

to lead them astray.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:2 -

“When you pass through the waters,

I will be with you,

and the rivers will not overwhelm you.

When you walk through the fire,

you will not be scorched,

and the flame will not burn you.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12 -

For this is what the LORD says:

I will make peace flow to her like a river,

and the wealth[fn] of nations like a flood;

you will nurse and be carried on her hip

and bounced on her lap.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:6 -

“I have paid careful attention.

They do not speak what is right.

No one regrets his evil,

asking, ‘What have I done? ’

Everyone has stayed his course

like a horse rushing into battle.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:2 -

This is what the LORD says:

Look, water is rising from the north

and becoming an overflowing wadi.

It will overflow the land and everything in it,

the cities and their inhabitants.

The people will cry out,

and every inhabitant of the land will wail.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:11 -

therefore, tell those plastering it with whitewash that it will fall. Torrential rain will come, and I will send hailstones plunging[fn] down, and a whirlwind will be released.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13 -

“ ‘So this is what the Lord GOD says: I will release a whirlwind in my wrath. Torrential rain will come in my anger, and hailstones will fall in destructive fury.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:9 -

“I washed you with water, rinsed off your blood, and anointed you with oil.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:22 -

“I will execute judgment on him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and burning sulfur on him, as well as his troops and the many peoples who are with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:10 -

“His sons will mobilize for war and assemble a large number of armed forces. They will advance, sweeping through like a flood,[fn] and will again wage war as far as his fortress.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:22 -

“A flood of forces will be swept away before him; they will be broken, as well as the covenant prince.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:26 -

“Those who eat his provisions will destroy him; his army will be swept away, and many will fall slain.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:40 -

“At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships. He will invade countries and sweep through them like a flood.

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