שֶׁטֶףsheṭeph

flood (Nahum 1:8; Proverbs 27:4; Psalms 32:6; Daniel 9:26; Daniel 11:22)

Pronunciation: sheh'-tef · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7858

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Job 38:25 “Who created a channel for the torrents of rain? Who laid out the path for the lightning?
  • Psalms 32:6 Therefore, let all the godly pray to you while there is still time, that they may not drown in the floodwaters of judgment.
  • Proverbs 27:4 Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood, but jealousy is even more dangerous.
  • Daniel 9:26 “After this period of sixty-two sets of seven, the Anointed One will be killed, appearing to have accomplished nothing, and a ruler will arise whose armies will destroy the city and the Temple. The end will come with a flood, and war and its miseries are decreed from that time to the very end.
  • Daniel 11:22 Before him great armies will be swept away, including a covenant prince.
  • Nahum 1:8 But he will sweep away his enemies in an overwhelming flood. He will pursue his foes into the darkness of night.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).