To overflow
שׁוּקStrong’s H7783shuq
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shuq is the Hebrew word usually translated “made overflow it”, “overflow” and “are overflowing”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.”
Meaning
- To be abundant (meaning probable)(Polel) to give abundance to · (Hiphil) to overflow
How it's translated
- and you made overflow it 1
- and they will overflow 1
- they are overflowing 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joel 2
- Psalms 1
2 books in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
שׁוּק shuq · to overflow
1) to be abundant (meaning probable) 1a) (Polel) to give abundance to 1b) (Hiphil) to overflow
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “overflow” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OVERFLOW, verb transitive
- To spread over, as water; to inundate; to cover with water or other fluid.
- To fill beyond the brim.
- To deluge; to overwhelm; to cover, as with numbers.
All definitions and other forms of “overflow”
OVERFLOW, verb intransitive
- To run over; to swell and run over the brim or banks.
- To be abundant; to abound; to exuberate; as overflowing plenty.
O'VERFLOW, noun
An inundation; also, superabundance.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.