זוּב
zûwb · zoob
to flow freely (as water), i.e. (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to flow freely (as water), i.e. (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow
- to flow freely (as water), i.e. (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux
- figuratively, to waste away
- also, to overflow
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: flow, gush out, have a (running) issue, pine away, run.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › to fasten and establish › the house, what is within
To cut, to sustain that works to fasten and establish of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זוּב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
42 occurrences · 42 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- that floweth10 · 24%
- flowing6 · 14%
- that hath the issue3 · 7%
- gushed out3 · 7%
- hath a running issue1 · 2%
- of him that hath the issue1 · 2%
- and if he that hath the issue1 · 2%
- upon that hath the issue1 · 2%
- which hath the issue1 · 2%
- and when he that hath an issue1 · 2%
- have an issue1 · 2%
- have1 · 2%
- or if it run1 · 2%
- of him that hath an issue1 · 2%
- and of him that hath1 · 2%
- or hath a running issue1 · 2%
- and every one that hath an issue1 · 2%
- us, and surely it floweth1 · 2%
- which floweth1 · 2%
- one that hath an issue1 · 2%
- thy flowing1 · 2%
- pine away1 · 2%
- for them, flowing1 · 2%
- them, flowing1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.