שָׁטַף
shâṭaph · shaw-taf'
to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
- to gush
- by implication, to inundate, cleanse
- by analogy, to gallop, conquer
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: drown, (over-) flow(-whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to surround and contain › to speak, the word
To consume, to destroy that works to surround and contain that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁטַף 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
31 occurrences · 31 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall overflow3 · 10%
- overflow2 · 7%
- when the overflowing2 · 7%
- and shall overflow2 · 7%
- and rinsed1 · 3%
- and hath not rinsed1 · 3%
- shall be rinsed1 · 3%
- and one washed1 · 3%
- that ran1 · 3%
- thou washest away1 · 3%
- overflowed1 · 3%
- had overwhelmed1 · 3%
- drown1 · 3%
- he shall overflow1 · 3%
- overflowing1 · 3%
- as an overflowing1 · 3%
- they shall not overflow1 · 3%
- like a flowing1 · 3%
- rusheth1 · 3%
- and shall be an overflowing1 · 3%
- there shall be an overflowing1 · 3%
- and there shall be an overflowing1 · 3%
- yea, i throughly washed away1 · 3%
- that are with him, an overflowing1 · 3%
- and overflow1 · 3%
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.