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Hebrew verb · H7857

שָׁטַף

shataphshaw-taf'

to overflow

31 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: shâṭaph

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7857is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 10 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 29
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7857

to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer

The King James renders it: drown, (over-) flow(-whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

shataph is rendered "to overflow". It stands 31 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.

  • Nine of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 6:28The clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-nine different ways.

The first use

The clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.

Leviticus 6:28וְשֻׁטַּ֖ף

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Nine of the word's thirty-one uses are in Isaiah.

The other 29 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • overflowing9
  • it will overflow2
  • about to overflow1
  • and he will overflow1
  • and I washed off1
  • and it will be rinsed1
  • and it will overflow1
  • and someone washed off1
  • and they may overflow1
  • he has rinsed1
  • it has overflowed me1
  • it overflow me1

and 10 more, 31 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

שָׁטַחshatachto spreadUses6

All 31, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

29 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • שׁוֹטֵף֙2
  • שָׁטַ֣ף2
  • הַשּׁוֹטֵ֥ף1
  • וָאֶשְׁטֹ֥ף1
  • וַיִּשְׁטֹ֨ף1
  • וְיִשְׁטְפוּ֙1
  • וְשָׁטַ֣ף1
  • וְשָׁטַ֥ף1
  • וְשֻׁטַּ֖ף1
  • יִשְׁט֑וֹף1
  • יִשָּׁטֵ֖ף1
  • יִ֫שְׁטֹ֥פוּ1

and 17 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular10HVqrmsa
  • Hc/Vqq3ms2Hc/Vqq3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural2HVqi3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqp3ms
  • Hc/VPq3ms1Hc/VPq3ms
  • HC/Vqu3mp1HC/Vqu3mp
  • Hc/Vqw1cs1Hc/Vqw1cs
  • Hc/Vqw3ms1Hc/Vqw3ms
  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HTd/Vqrmsa
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVNi3mp
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVNi3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVqi3fs

Leviticus

three uses
  • The clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.

    Leviticus 6:28

    • וְשֻׁטַּ֖ףveshutafHc/VPq3mstagged: and it will be rinsed
  • If the man with the discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands with water, the one who was touched must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

    Leviticus 15:11

    • שָׁטַ֣ףshatafverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has rinsed
  • Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.

    Leviticus 15:12

    • יִשָּׁטֵ֖ףyishatefverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be rinsed

1 Kings

one use
  • And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.

    1 Kings 22:38

    • וַיִּשְׁטֹ֨ףvaiyishtofHc/Vqw3mstagged: and someone washed off

2 Chronicles

one use
  • Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.

    2 Chronicles 32:4

    • הַשּׁוֹטֵ֥ףhashotefthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: which flowed

Job

one use
  • as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.

    Job 14:19

    • תִּשְׁטֹֽף־tishtof-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it washes off

Psalms

four uses
  • I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.

    Psalms 69:2

    • שְׁטָפָֽתְנִי׃shetafateniverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: it has overflowed me
  • Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

    Psalms 69:15

    • תִּשְׁטְפֵ֤נִי׀tishtefeniverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: it overflow me
  • When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”

    Psalms 78:20

    • יִ֫שְׁטֹ֥פוּyishtofuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they overflowed
  • then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

    Psalms 124:4

    • שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּshetafunuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: they had overflowed us

Song of Solomon

one use
  • Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.

    Song of Solomon 8:7

    • יִשְׁטְפ֑וּהָyishtefuhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: they will overflow it

Isaiah

nine uses
  • It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!

    Isaiah 8:8

    • שָׁטַ֣ףshatafverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will overflow
  • Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

    Isaiah 10:22

    • שׁוֹטֵ֥ףshotefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: about to overflow
  • Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.

    Isaiah 28:2

    • שֹׁטְפִ֛יםshotefimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: overflowing
  • For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”

    Isaiah 28:15

    • שׁוֹטֵ֤ףshotefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: overflowing
  • I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.

    Isaiah 28:17

    • יִשְׁטֹֽפוּ׃yishtofuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will overflow
  • Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.

    Isaiah 28:18

    • שׁוֹטֵף֙shotefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: overflowing
  • His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.

    Isaiah 30:28

    • שׁוֹטֵף֙shotefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: overflowing
  • When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.

    Isaiah 43:2

    • יִשְׁטְפ֑וּךָyishtefukhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: they will overflow you
  • For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.

    Isaiah 66:12

    • שׁוֹטֵ֛ףshotefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: overflowing

Jeremiah

three uses
  • I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.

    Jeremiah 8:6

    • שׁוֹטֵ֖ףshotefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: rushes
  • This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail

    Jeremiah 47:2

    • שׁוֹטֵ֔ףshotefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: overflowing
    • וְיִשְׁטְפוּ֙veyishtefuHC/Vqu3mptagged: and they may overflow

Ezekiel

four uses
  • tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.

    Ezekiel 13:11

    • שׁוֹטֵ֗ףshotefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: overflowing
  • Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.

    Ezekiel 13:13

    • שֹׁטֵף֙shotefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: overflowing
  • Then I bathed you with water, rinsed off your blood, and anointed you with oil.

    Ezekiel 16:9

    • וָאֶשְׁטֹ֥ףvaeshtofHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I washed off
  • I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.

    Ezekiel 38:22

    • שׁוֹטֵף֩shotefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: overflowing

Daniel

four uses
  • But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.

    Daniel 11:10

    • וְשָׁטַ֣ףveshatafHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will overflow
  • Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.

    Daniel 11:22

    • יִשָּׁטְפ֥וּyishatefuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be swept away
  • Those who eat from his provisions will seek to destroy him; his army will be swept away, and many will fall slain.

    Daniel 11:26

    • יִשְׁט֑וֹףyishtofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will overflow
  • At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood.

    Daniel 11:40

    • וְשָׁטַ֥ףveshatafHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will overflow

The letters

Gematria 389· 1,109 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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