Sheṭeph — H7858

Definition

masculine noun

a deluge (literally or figuratively)

1. flood, downpour

Usually translated as

flood, outrageous, overflowing

Origin

or shêṭeph; from H7857

• Derived from Shâṭaph (H7857)

Greek equivalents

• kataklysmós (G2627)
• oxýs (G3691)
• hyetós (G5205)

Occurrences

Sheṭeph occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (1), Psalms (1), Proverbs (1), Daniel (2), Nahum (1)

• Job 38:25 — Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters (לַשֶּׁ֣טֶף), or a way for the lightning of thunder;
• Psalms 32:6 — For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods (לְ֭שֵׁטֶף) of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
• Proverbs 27:4 — Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous (וְשֶׁ֣טֶף); but who is able to stand before envy?
• Daniel 9:26 — And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood (בַשֶּׁ֔טֶף), and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
• Daniel 11:22 — And with the arms of a flood (הַשֶּׁ֛טֶף) shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
• Nahum 1:8 — But with an overrunning flood (וּבְשֶׁ֣טֶף) he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.