מַבּוּל
mabbûwl · mab-bool'
a deluge
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2986 (יָבַל) in the sense of flowing;
a deluge
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: flood.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the house, what is within › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the house, what is within that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַבּוּל 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the flood4 · 31%
- of the flood2 · 15%
- a flood1 · 8%
- when the flood1 · 8%
- and the flood1 · 8%
- of a flood1 · 8%
- neither shall there any more be a flood1 · 8%
- become a flood1 · 8%
- upon the flood1 · 8%
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.