Words the Bible translates as flood
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 13 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- mayimמַיwater: the substance itself and any quantity of it, from a cupful to a river to the sea
- potamosποταμόςa river: a natural channel of flowing water, whether a steady stream or a rushing flood
- naharנָהָרa river: a steady, year-round stream of flowing water, often a large named one
- shataphשָׁטַףto flow over something with force: to flood and engulf, to sweep it away, or to rinse it clean under running water
- kataklusmosκατακλυσμόςfloodnot studied yet
- shibbolשִׁבֹּלֶתa rushing body of water: a flood, torrent, or flowing stream.
+1 more meaning
- an ear of grain: the seed-bearing head at the top of a cereal stalk.
- katakluzōκατακλύζωto floodnot studied yet
- mabbulמַבּוּלthe Flood: the world-covering water God brought over the earth in Noah's day
- zeremזֶרֶםa driving rainstorm: a violent, flooding downpour of rain
- shetephשֶׁטֶףfloodnot studied yet
- plēmmuraπλήμμυραfloodnot studied yet
- zaramזָרַםto floodnot studied yet
- mahamorahמַהֲמֹרָהfloodnot studied yet
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