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Overflowing

שֶׁצֶףStrong’s H8241

shetseph (she-tseph)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Shetseph is the Hebrew word usually translated “flood of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.”
Isaiah 54:8 KJV
Meaning
  1. Flood, downpour, overflowing
How it's translated
  • in a flood of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    שֶׁצֶף shetseph · overflowing

    flood, downpour, overflowing Another spelling of she.teph (שֶׁ֫טֶף "flood" H7858)

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “overflowing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    OVERFLOWING, participle present

    tense Spreading over, as a fluid; inundating; running over the brim or banks.

      All definitions and other forms of “overflowing”

        OVERFLOWING, adjective

        Abundant; copious; exuberant.

          OVERFLOWING, noun

          Exuberance; copiousness.

            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.