מַבּוּל mabbul
Hebrew word for “flood” · Strong’s H3999 · used 13 times in 12 verses
Meaning
1) flood, deluge.; 1a) Noah's flood that submerged the entire planet earth under water for about a year
How it is translated
Glosses given for mabbul in context, with how often each is used:
- flood 13
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 7 (4), Genesis 9 (3), Genesis 10 (2), Genesis 6 (1), Genesis 11 (1), Psalms 29 (1)
Forms
- המבול 9
- למבול 2
- והמבול 1
- מבול 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with mabbul more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- נֹחַ noach “Noah” 5
- מַי mayim “water” 7
- תּוֹלֵדוֹת toledah “generation” 3
- שָׁחַת shachat “to ruin” 3
- שֵׁם shem “Shem” 2
- אַחַר achar “after” 4
- בָּשָׂר basar “flesh” 3
- תֵּבָה tevah “ark” 2
- מֵאָה meah “hundred” 3
- שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 3
- אֵלֶּה elleh “these” 3
- בְּרִית berit “covenant” 2
Key verses
The verses using mabbul that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 6:17 — And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that…
- Genesis 7:6 — And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
- Genesis 7:7 — And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
- Genesis 7:10 — And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
- Genesis 7:17 — And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
- Genesis 9:11 — And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to…
- Genesis 9:15 — And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all…
- Genesis 9:28 — And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
- Genesis 10:1 — Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
- Genesis 10:32 — These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
- Genesis 11:10 — These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
- Psalms 29:10 — The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.
See all 12 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.