Words the Bible translates as sweep away
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- shataphשָׁטַףto flow over something with force: to flood and engulf, to sweep it away, or to rinse it clean under running water
- saphahסָפָהto sweep or scrape away to destruction; and so, in the passive, to be swept away and perish
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- to add or heap up, piling one thing on top of another (usually guilt or wrath)
- na'arנָעַרto shake something so that whatever is clinging to it comes loose and is thrown away
- sa'arשָׂעַרto shudder with horror: to bristle and recoil at the sight of something terrible
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- to storm: to rage as a windstorm does, or to seize someone and whirl them away
- suphסוּףto come to a complete end and be gone; and, with God acting, to finish something off entirely.
- garaphגָּרַףto sweep awaynot studied yet
- ya'ahיָעָהto sweep awaynot studied yet
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