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).
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:
- παρέρχομαιparerchomai“to pass by”33%
- συντρίβωsuntribō“to break”33%
- ἀπονίπτωaponiptō“to wash off”33%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
31 total
- Leviticus 6:28וְשֻׁטַּ֖ף · and rinsedThe 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.
- Leviticus 15:11שָׁטַ֣ף · first rinsingIf 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.
- Leviticus 15:12יִשָּׁטֵ֖ף · must be rinsedAny clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.
- 1 Kings 22:38וַיִּשְׁטֹ֨ף · was washedAnd 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.
- 2 Chronicles 32:4הַשּׁוֹטֵ֥ף · that flowedMany 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.
- Job 14:19תִּשְׁטֹֽף־ · wash away…as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
- Psalm 69:2שְׁטָפָֽתְנִי׃ · engulfs meI have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
- Psalm 69:15תִּשְׁטְפֵ֤נִי׀ · engulf meDo not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
- Psalm 78:20יִ֫שְׁטֹ֥פוּ · ragedWhen He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
- Psalm 124:4שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּ · would have engulfed us…then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
- Song of Solomon 8:7יִשְׁטְפ֑וּהָ · sweep it awayMighty 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.
- Isaiah 8:8שָׁטַ֣ף · swirlingIt will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!
- Isaiah 10:22שׁוֹטֵ֥ף · overflowingThough your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
- Isaiah 28:2שֹׁטְפִ֛יםBehold, 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.
- Isaiah 28:15שׁוֹטֵ֤ף · the overwhelming scourgeFor 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.”
- Isaiah 28:17יִשְׁטֹֽפוּ׃ · will floodI 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.
- Isaiah 28:18שׁוֹטֵף֙ · the overwhelmingYour 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.
- Isaiah 30:28שׁוֹטֵף֙ · is like a rushingHis 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.
- Isaiah 43:2יִשְׁטְפ֑וּךָ · overwhelm youWhen 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.
- Isaiah 66:12שׁוֹטֵ֛ף · like a flowingFor 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.
- Jeremiah 8:6שׁוֹטֵ֖ף · chargingI 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.
- Jeremiah 47:2שׁוֹטֵ֔ף · an overflowing; וְיִשְׁטְפוּ֙ · They will overflowThis 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
- 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.
- Ezekiel 13:13שֹׁטֵף֙ · torrentsTherefore 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.
- Ezekiel 16:9וָאֶשְׁטֹ֥ף · rinsed offThen I bathed you with water, rinsed off your blood, and anointed you with oil.
- Ezekiel 38:22שׁוֹטֵף֩ · torrentsI 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.
- Daniel 11:10וְשָׁטַ֣ף · like a floodBut 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.
- Daniel 11:22יִשָּׁטְפ֥וּ · will be swept awayThen a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.
- Daniel 11:26יִשְׁט֑וֹף · will be swept awayThose who eat from his provisions will seek to destroy him; his army will be swept away, and many will fall slain.
- Daniel 11:40וְשָׁטַ֥ף · like a floodAt 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.