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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
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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

H7857

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Strong's Number H7857 matches the Hebrew שָׁטַף (šāṭap̄),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:8 - and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, reaching even to the neck, and its outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:22 - For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:2 - Behold, the Lord has one who is mighty and strong;
like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest,
like a storm of mighty, overflowing waters,
he casts down to the earth with his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15 - Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
and with Sheol we have an agreement,
when the overwhelming whip passes through
it will not come to us,
for we have made lies our refuge,
and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17 - And I will make justice the line,
and righteousness the plumb line;
and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:18 - Then your covenant with death will be annulled,
and your agreement with Sheol will not stand;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
you will be beaten down by it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28 - his breath is like an overflowing stream
that reaches up to the neck;
to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction,
and to place on the jaws of the peoples a bridle that leads astray.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:2 - When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
and the flame shall not consume you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12 - For thus says the LORD:
“Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
and you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip,
and bounced upon her knees.
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