To overflow
שָׁטַףStrong’s H7857shataph (sha-taph)
Appears in 30 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shataph is the Hebrew word usually translated “overflowing”, “it will overflow” and “it will be rinsed”. It appears in 30 verses of the Old Testament.
“But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.”
Meaning
- To wash, rinse, overflow, engulf, rinse or wash off(Qal) · (Niphal) to be swept away, be rinsed out · (Pual) to be rinsed, be scoured and rinsed
How it's translated
- overflowing 9
- it will overflow 2
- and it will be rinsed 1
- he has rinsed 1
- it will be rinsed 1
- and someone washed off 1
- which flowed 1
- it washes off 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 9
- Psalms 4
- Ezekiel 4
- Daniel 4
- Leviticus 3
- Jeremiah 2
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 11:22In contextAnd with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
- Daniel 11:26In contextYea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
- Daniel 11:40In contextAnd at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
- Leviticus 6:28But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.
- Leviticus 15:11And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
- Leviticus 15:12And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁטַף shataph · to overflow
1) to wash, rinse, overflow, engulf, rinse or wash off 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to overflow 1a2) to flow, run 1a3) to rinse or wash off 1b) (Niphal) to be swept away, be rinsed out 1c) (Pual) to be rinsed, be scoured and rinsed
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.