שָׁטַף

sha.taphto overflowHow to read Hebrew
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Definition

a primitive root; to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
Traditional renderings: drown, (over-) flow(-whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁטַף:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

31 total
  1. Leviticus 6:28וְשֻׁטַּ֖ף · and rinsed
    The clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.
  2. Leviticus 15:11שָׁטַ֣ף · first rinsing
    If the man with the discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands with water, the one who was touched must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
  3. Leviticus 15:12יִשָּׁטֵ֖ף · must be rinsed
    Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.
  4. 1 Kings 22:38וַיִּשְׁטֹ֨ף · was washed
    And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.
  5. 2 Chronicles 32:4הַשּׁוֹטֵ֥ף · that flowed
    Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.
  6. Job 14:19תִּשְׁטֹֽף־ · wash away
    …as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
  7. Psalm 69:2שְׁטָפָֽתְנִי׃ · engulfs me
    I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
  8. Psalm 69:15תִּשְׁטְפֵ֤נִי׀ · engulf me
    Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
  9. Psalm 78:20יִ֫שְׁטֹ֥פוּ · raged
    When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
  10. Psalm 124:4שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּ · would have engulfed us
    …then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
  11. Song of Solomon 8:7יִשְׁטְפ֑וּהָ · sweep it away
    Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.
  12. Isaiah 8:8שָׁטַ֣ף · swirling
    It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!
  13. Isaiah 10:22שׁוֹטֵ֥ף · overflowing
    Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
  14. Isaiah 28:2שֹׁטְפִ֛ים
    Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.
  15. Isaiah 28:15שׁוֹטֵ֤ף · the overwhelming scourge
    For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
  16. Isaiah 28:17יִשְׁטֹֽפוּ׃ · will flood
    I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
  17. Isaiah 28:18שׁוֹטֵף֙ · the overwhelming
    Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.
  18. Isaiah 30:28שׁוֹטֵף֙ · is like a rushing
    His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
  19. Isaiah 43:2יִשְׁטְפ֑וּךָ · overwhelm you
    When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
  20. Isaiah 66:12שׁוֹטֵ֛ף · like a flowing
    For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
  21. Jeremiah 8:6שׁוֹטֵ֖ף · charging
    I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.
  22. Jeremiah 47:2שׁוֹטֵ֔ף · an overflowing; וְיִשְׁטְפוּ֙ · They will overflow
    This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail
  23. Ezekiel 13:11שׁוֹטֵ֗ף · in torrents
    …tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.
  24. Ezekiel 13:13שֹׁטֵף֙ · torrents
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.
  25. Ezekiel 16:9וָאֶשְׁטֹ֥ף · rinsed off
    Then I bathed you with water, rinsed off your blood, and anointed you with oil.
  26. Ezekiel 38:22שׁוֹטֵף֩ · torrents
    I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.
  27. Daniel 11:10וְשָׁטַ֣ף · like a flood
    But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.
  28. Daniel 11:22יִשָּׁטְפ֥וּ · will be swept away
    Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.
  29. Daniel 11:26יִשְׁט֑וֹף · will be swept away
    Those who eat from his provisions will seek to destroy him; his army will be swept away, and many will fall slain.
  30. Daniel 11:40וְשָׁטַ֥ף · like a flood
    At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood.