שָׁטַף shataph

Hebrew word for “to overflow” · Strong’s H7857 · used 31 times in 30 verses

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Meaning

1) to wash, rinse, overflow, engulf, rinse or wash off;

How it is translated

Glosses given for shataph in context, with how often each is used:

• overflowing 9
• will overflow 7
• will be rinsed 2
• has rinsed 1
• someone washed off 1
• which flowed 1
• washes off 1
• has overflowed 1
• overflow 1
• overflowed 1
• had overflowed 1
• about to overflow 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Isaiah 28 (4), Daniel 11 (4), Leviticus 15 (2), Psalms 69 (2), Ezekiel 13 (2), Leviticus 6 (1), 1 Kings 22 (1), 2 Chronicles 32 (1), Job 14 (1), Psalms 78 (1)

Forms

• שׁוטף 9
• ושׁטף 3
• שׁטף 3
• ישׁטפו 3
• ישׁטף 1
• וישׁטף 1
• השׁוטף 1
• תשׁטף 1
• שׁטפתני 1
• תשׁטפני 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shataph more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מַי mayim “water” 15
• נַחַל nachal “torrent” 6
• עָבַר avar “to pass” 7
• אֶלְגָּבִישׁ elgavish “hail” 3
• רַב rav “many” 6
• שָׁבַר shavar “to break” 4
• גֶּשֶׁם geshem “rain” 3
• זוּב zuv “to flow” 3
• אֶבֶן even “stone” 4
• רָחַץ rachats “to wash” 3
• נָהָר nahar “river” 3
• מְצוֹלָה metsolah “depth” 2

Key verses

The verses using shataph that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Isaiah 8:8 — And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of…
• Isaiah 10:22 — For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
• Isaiah 28:15 — Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come…
• Isaiah 28:17 — Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the…
• Isaiah 30:28 — And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in…
• Isaiah 43:2 — When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt…
• Isaiah 66:12 — For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be…
• Jeremiah 8:6 — I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse…
• Jeremiah 47:2 — Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the…
• Ezekiel 13:11 — Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a…
• Ezekiel 38:22 — And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an…
• Daniel 11:40 — And 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…

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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.