שֶׁטֶף sheṭeph

Meaning

a deluge (literally or figuratively)

In the King James Version: flood, outrageous, overflowing.

Derivation: or שֵׁטֶף; from H7857 (שָׁטַף);

Where it is used

• Job 38:25 Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,
• Psalms 32:6 Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
• Proverbs 27:4 Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
• Daniel 9:26 Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
• Daniel 11:22 Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.
• Nahum 1:8 But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.