שֶׁטֶף
sheṭeph · sheh'-tef
a deluge (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: or שֵׁטֶף; from H7857 (שָׁטַף);
a deluge (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: flood, outrageous, overflowing.
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 שֶׁטֶף 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for the overflowing of waters1 · 17%
- surely in the floods1 · 17%
- is outrageous1 · 17%
- thereof shall be with a flood1 · 17%
- of a flood1 · 17%
- flood1 · 17%
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.