Word Study · Strong's H8229 · Hebrew
שִׁפְעָה
shiphah
shif-aw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shiphʻâh
“copiousness”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
copiousness
Rendered in the KJV as
abundance, company, multitude.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- וְֽשִׁפְעַת־2
- מִשִּׁפְעַ֥ת1
- שִׁפְעַ֤ת1
- שִׁפְעַ֖ת1
- שִֽׁפְעַ֨ת1
How it is rendered · 6
- [the] crowd of1
- a crowd1
- a multitude of1
- and abundance of1
- and an abundance of1
- from [the] abundance of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsc · 3
- HC/Ncfsc · 2
- HR/Ncfsc · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 9:17שִׁפְעַ֤תshifatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”here: [the] crowd of
- 2 Kings 9:17שִׁפְעַ֖תshifatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”here: a crowd
Job2 occurrences
- Job 22:11וְֽשִׁפְעַת־veshifat-conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.here: and abundance of
- Job 38:34וְֽשִׁפְעַת־veshifat-conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?here: and an abundance of