7857. shataph

Lexicon

shataph: To overflow, to wash away, to inundate, to flood

Original Word: שָׁטַף
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: shataph
Pronunciation: shah-TAHF
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-taf')
Definition: To overflow, to wash away, to inundate, to flood
Meaning: to gush, to inundate, cleanse, to gallop, conquer

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

drown, overflow whelm, rinse, run, rush, thoroughly wash away

A primitive root; to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer -- drown, (over-)flow(- whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to overflow, rinse or wash off
NASB Translation
charging (1), engulfed (1), flooded away (1), flooding (2), flowed (1), overflow (9), overflowing (6), overflows (1), overwhelming (2), rinsed (3), torrential (1), wash away (1), washed (1), washed off (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שָׁטַף verb overflow, rinse or wash off (Late Hebrew id., so Jewish-Aramaic שְׁטַף; Assyrian š atâpu, overflow, Arabic id., Cuche); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁ Isaiah 8:8 +, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּשְׁטֹף 1 Kings 22:38, etc.; Participle שׁוֺטֵף Isaiah 10:22 +, plural שֹׁטְפִים Isaiah 28:2; —

1 overflow, of river Isaiah 8:8; Jeremiah 47:2a (see נַחַל), Daniel 11:10,40, all figurative of invading army, compare Isaiah 28:15 (qy. by Sta^{ThLz, Apr. 1894, 235}, Du Marti read שׁוֺט שֹׁטֵט), Isaiah 28:18 (see שׁוֺט), also (simile of ׳י in judgment) Isaiah 28:2 (מַיִם), Isaiah 30:28, of judicial destruction, שׁוֺטֵף צְדָקָה Isaiah 10:22; with accusative of land Jeremiah 47:2b, person (figurative) Isaiah 43:2 (נְהָרוֺת), Psalm 69:3 (שִׁבֹּלֶת), Psalm 69:16 (מִיִם ׳שׁ), Psalm 124:4 (מַיִם), compare Isaiah 28:17; Songs 8:7; גֶּשֶׁם שׁוֺטֵף flooding rain (of ׳יs judgement) Ezekiel 11:11,13; Ezekiel 38:22; נַחַל שׁוֺטֵף Isaiah 66:12, simile, in good sense. — Abs. Daniel 11:26 see

Niph`al — Figurative of dashing, rushing horse, בַּמִּלְחָמָה ׳כְּסוּס שׁוֺ Jeremiah 8:6.

2 flow, run, literal of נַחַל Psalm 78:20; 2Chronicles 32:4.

3 literally, rinse or wash off, with accusative of thing washed 1 Kings 22:38, יָדָיו בַּמָּ֑יִם Leviticus 15:11 (P); of stain Ezekiel 16:9 (מֵעָלַיִךְ; "" רָחַץ); עֲפַראָֿ֑רֶץ Job 14:19.

Niph`al Imperfect3masculine singular יִשָּׁטֵף בַּמַּיִם Leviticus 15:12 be rinsed out, off (P; of wooden vessel); 3masculine plural יִשָּֽׁטְפוּ מִלְּפָנָיו Daniel 11:22 be swept away (defeated), read probably יִשָּׁטֵף (for יִשְׁטֹף), also Daniel 11:26 (compare Dr).

Pu`al Perfect3masculine singular וּמֹרַק וְּשֻׁטַּף בַּמָּ֑יִם Leviticus 6:21 (P) it shall be scoured and rinsed.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G633: ἀπορρέω (aporreo) • to flow away
• G637: ἀποσπάω (apospaō) • to draw away
• G2626: κατακλύζω (kataklyzō) • to inundate, flood
• G2670: καταποντίζω (katapontizō) • to sink, drown
• G2694: καταφέρω (katapherō) • to bring down
• G3538: νίπτω (niptō) • to wash
• G4937: συντρίβω (syntribō) • to crush, break
• G4951: συμφέρω (sympherō) • to bring together, to bear
• G5342: φέρω (pherō) • to carry, to bear

These Greek entries provide a range of meanings that align with the various nuances of שָׁטַף, from the physical act of washing or flooding to the metaphorical sense of overwhelming or conquering.

Usage: The verb שָׁטַף (shataph) is used in various contexts in the Hebrew Bible, often describing the action of water or other forces moving with intensity and power. It can refer to the physical act of flooding or washing, as well as metaphorically to describe overwhelming or conquering forces.

Context: • The Hebrew verb שָׁטַף (shataph) appears in several contexts throughout the Old Testament, illustrating both literal and figurative uses. It is often associated with the movement of water, such as in a flood or a stream that washes over the land. This imagery is used to convey the idea of cleansing or purifying, as well as the destructive power of water.
• In a metaphorical sense, שָׁטַף can describe the rapid movement or overwhelming force of armies or other entities. For example, in the context of military conquest, it can depict the swift and overpowering advance of a conquering force.
• The Berean Standard Bible (BSB) provides several instances where this verb is used. For example, in Isaiah 28:17, it is written, "I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line; hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will flood the hiding place." Here, שָׁטַף is translated as "flood," illustrating the overwhelming and cleansing nature of divine justice.
• Another example is found in Daniel 11:40, where the verb is used to describe the king of the North's attack: "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. He will invade many countries and sweep through them like a flood." The imagery of a flood conveys the swift and unstoppable nature of the invasion.

Forms and Transliterations

הַשּׁוֹטֵ֥ף השוטף וְיִשְׁטְפוּ֙ וְשָׁטַ֣ף וְשָׁטַ֥ף וְשֻׁטַּ֖ף וַיִּשְׁטֹ֨ף וָאֶשְׁטֹ֥ף ואשטף וישטף וישטפו ושטף יִ֫שְׁטֹ֥פוּ יִשְׁט֑וֹף יִשְׁטְפ֑וּהָ יִשְׁטְפ֑וּךָ יִשְׁטֹֽפוּ׃ יִשָּׁטְפ֥וּ יִשָּׁטֵ֖ף ישטוף ישטף ישטפו ישטפו׃ ישטפוה ישטפוך שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּ שְׁטָפָֽתְנִי׃ שָׁטַ֣ף שֹׁטְפִ֛ים שֹׁטֵף֙ שׁוֹטֵ֔ף שׁוֹטֵ֖ף שׁוֹטֵ֗ף שׁוֹטֵ֛ף שׁוֹטֵ֥ף שׁוֹטֵף֙ שׁוֹטֵף֩ שוטף שטף שטפונו שטפים שטפתני׃ תִּשְׁטְפֵ֤נִי ׀ תִּשְׁטֹֽף־ תשטף־ תשטפני haš·šō·w·ṭêp̄ hashshoTef haššōwṭêp̄ šā·ṭap̄ šāṭap̄ šə·ṭā·p̄ā·ṯə·nî šə·ṭā·p̄ū·nū šəṭāp̄āṯənî šəṭāp̄ūnū shaTaf shetaFateni shetaFunu shoTef shoteFim šō·ṭə·p̄îm šō·ṭêp̄ šō·w·ṭêp̄ šōṭêp̄ šōṭəp̄îm šōwṭêp̄ tiš·ṭə·p̄ê·nî tiš·ṭōp̄- tishteFeni tishtof tišṭəp̄ênî tišṭōp̄- vaeshTof vaiyishTof veshaTaf veshutTaf veyishteFu wā’ešṭōp̄ wā·’eš·ṭōp̄ way·yiš·ṭōp̄ wayyišṭōp̄ wə·šā·ṭap̄ wə·šuṭ·ṭap̄ wə·yiš·ṭə·p̄ū wəšāṭap̄ wəšuṭṭap̄ wəyišṭəp̄ū yiš·šā·ṭə·p̄ū yiš·šā·ṭêp̄ yiš·ṭə·p̄ū·hā yiš·ṭə·p̄ū·ḵā yiš·ṭō·p̄ū yiš·ṭō·wp̄ yishshaTef yishshateFu yishteFucha yishteFuha yishTof yishTofu yiššāṭêp̄ yiššāṭəp̄ū yišṭəp̄ūhā yišṭəp̄ūḵā yišṭōp̄ū yišṭōwp̄

Englishman's Concordance

Leviticus 6:28
HEB: בֻּשָּׁ֔לָה וּמֹרַ֥ק וְשֻׁטַּ֖ף בַּמָּֽיִם׃
NAS: then it shall be scoured and rinsed in water.
KJV: it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.
INT: boiled shall be scoured and rinsed water

Leviticus 15:11
HEB: וְיָדָ֖יו לֹא־ שָׁטַ֣ף בַּמָּ֑יִם וְכִבֶּ֧ס
NAS: without having rinsed his hands
KJV: that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands
INT: his hands without rinsed water shall wash

Leviticus 15:12
HEB: כְּלִי־ עֵ֔ץ יִשָּׁטֵ֖ף בַּמָּֽיִם׃
NAS: vessel shall be rinsed in water.
KJV: of wood shall be rinsed in water.
INT: vessel wooden shall be rinsed water

1 Kings 22:38
HEB: וַיִּשְׁטֹ֨ף אֶת־ הָרֶ֜כֶב
NAS: They washed the chariot by the pool
KJV: And [one] washed the chariot
INT: They washed the chariot by

2 Chronicles 32:4
HEB: וְאֶת־ הַנַּ֛חַל הַשּׁוֹטֵ֥ף בְּתוֹךְ־ הָאָ֖רֶץ
NAS: and the stream which flowed through
KJV: and the brook that ran through the midst
INT: the springs and the stream flowed through the region

Job 14:19
HEB: שָׁ֥חֲקוּ מַ֗יִם תִּשְׁטֹֽף־ סְפִיחֶ֥יהָ עֲפַר־
NAS: Its torrents wash away the dust
KJV: the stones: thou washest away the things which grow
INT: wears Water wash torrents the dust

Psalm 69:2
HEB: מַ֝֗יִם וְשִׁבֹּ֥לֶת שְׁטָפָֽתְנִי׃
NAS: waters, and a flood overflows me.
KJV: waters, where the floods overflow me.
INT: waters the floods overflows

Psalm 69:15
HEB: אַל־ תִּשְׁטְפֵ֤נִי ׀ שִׁבֹּ֣לֶת מַ֭יִם
NAS: of water not overflow me Nor
KJV: Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep
INT: Nor overflow branch of water

Psalm 78:20
HEB: מַיִם֮ וּנְחָלִ֪ים יִ֫שְׁטֹ֥פוּ הֲגַם־ לֶ֭חֶם
NAS: out, And streams were overflowing; Can
KJV: and the streams overflowed; can
INT: waters and streams were overflowing again bread

Psalm 124:4
HEB: אֲ֭זַי הַמַּ֣יִם שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּ נַ֝֗חְלָה עָבַ֥ר
NAS: the waters would have engulfed us, The stream
KJV: the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream
INT: Then the waters have engulfed the stream have swept

Songs 8:7
HEB: וּנְהָר֖וֹת לֹ֣א יִשְׁטְפ֑וּהָ אִם־ יִתֵּ֨ן
NAS: Nor will rivers overflow it; If a man
KJV: neither can the floods drown it: if [a] man
INT: will rivers Nor overflow If give

Isaiah 8:8
HEB: וְחָלַ֤ף בִּֽיהוּדָה֙ שָׁטַ֣ף וְעָבַ֔ר עַד־
NAS: on into Judah, it will overflow and pass through,
KJV: through Judah; he shall overflow and go over,
INT: will sweep Judah will overflow and pass even

Isaiah 10:22
HEB: כִּלָּי֥וֹן חָר֖וּץ שׁוֹטֵ֥ף צְדָקָֽה׃
NAS: is determined, overflowing with righteousness.
KJV: decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
INT: A destruction is determined overflowing righteousness

Isaiah 28:2
HEB: מַ֣יִם כַּבִּירִ֥ים שֹׁטְפִ֛ים הִנִּ֥יחַ לָאָ֖רֶץ
NAS: of mighty overflowing waters,
KJV: waters overflowing, shall cast down
INT: waters of mighty overflowing down to the earth

Isaiah 28:17
HEB: וְסֵ֥תֶר מַ֖יִם יִשְׁטֹֽפוּ׃
NAS: And the waters will overflow the secret place.
KJV: and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
INT: the secret and the waters will overflow

Isaiah 28:18
HEB: תָק֑וּם שׁ֤וֹט שׁוֹטֵף֙ כִּ֣י יַֽעֲבֹ֔ר
NAS: When the overwhelming scourge
KJV: shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge
INT: stand scourge the overwhelming When passes

Isaiah 30:28
HEB: וְרוּח֞וֹ כְּנַ֤חַל שׁוֹטֵף֙ עַד־ צַוָּ֣אר
NAS: His breath is like an overflowing torrent,
KJV: And his breath, as an overflowing stream,
INT: his breath torrent an overflowing against to the neck

Isaiah 43:2
HEB: וּבַנְּהָר֖וֹת לֹ֣א יִשְׁטְפ֑וּךָ כִּֽי־ תֵלֵ֤ךְ
NAS: I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When
KJV: I [will be] with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest
INT: the rivers Nor overflow When walk

Isaiah 66:12
HEB: שָׁל֜וֹם וּכְנַ֧חַל שׁוֹטֵ֛ף כְּב֥וֹד גּוֹיִ֖ם
NAS: of the nations like an overflowing stream;
KJV: of the Gentiles like a flowing stream:
INT: peace stream an overflowing and the glory of the nations

Jeremiah 8:6
HEB: ק) כְּס֥וּס שׁוֹטֵ֖ף בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃
NAS: Like a horse charging into the battle.
KJV: as the horse rusheth into the battle.
INT: course A horse charging the battle

Jeremiah 47:2
HEB: וְהָיוּ֙ לְנַ֣חַל שׁוֹטֵ֔ף וְיִשְׁטְפוּ֙ אֶ֣רֶץ
NAS: And become an overflowing torrent,
KJV: out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood,
INT: and become torrent an overflowing and overflow the land

Jeremiah 47:2
HEB: לְנַ֣חַל שׁוֹטֵ֔ף וְיִשְׁטְפוּ֙ אֶ֣רֶץ וּמְלוֹאָ֔הּ
NAS: torrent, And overflow the land
KJV: flood, and shall overflow the land,
INT: torrent an overflowing and overflow the land and all

Ezekiel 13:11
HEB: הָיָ֣ה ׀ גֶּ֣שֶׁם שׁוֹטֵ֗ף וְאַתֵּ֜נָה אַבְנֵ֤י
NAS: that it will fall. A flooding rain
KJV: [morter], that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower;
INT: will come rain A flooding and ye stones

Ezekiel 13:13
HEB: בַּֽחֲמָתִ֑י וְגֶ֤שֶׁם שֹׁטֵף֙ בְּאַפִּ֣י יִֽהְיֶ֔ה
NAS: There will also be in My anger a flooding rain
KJV: in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower
INT: my wrath rain A flooding my anger become

Ezekiel 16:9
HEB: וָאֶרְחָצֵ֣ךְ בַּמַּ֔יִם וָאֶשְׁטֹ֥ף דָּמַ֖יִךְ מֵֽעָלָ֑יִךְ
NAS: you with water, washed off your blood
KJV: I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood
INT: bathed water washed your blood and

30 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7857
30 Occurrences

haš·šō·w·ṭêp̄ — 1 Occ.
šā·ṭap̄ — 2 Occ.
šə·ṭā·p̄ā·ṯə·nî — 1 Occ.
šə·ṭā·p̄ū·nū — 1 Occ.
šō·w·ṭêp̄ — 9 Occ.
šō·ṭə·p̄îm — 1 Occ.
tiš·ṭə·p̄ê·nî — 1 Occ.
tiš·ṭōp̄- — 1 Occ.
wā·’eš·ṭōp̄ — 1 Occ.
way·yiš·ṭōp̄ — 1 Occ.
wə·šā·ṭap̄ — 2 Occ.
wə·šuṭ·ṭap̄ — 1 Occ.
wə·yiš·ṭə·p̄ū — 1 Occ.
yiš·šā·ṭêp̄ — 1 Occ.
yiš·šā·ṭə·p̄ū — 1 Occ.
yiš·ṭə·p̄ū·ḵā — 1 Occ.
yiš·ṭə·p̄ū·hā — 1 Occ.
yiš·ṭō·wp̄ — 1 Occ.
yiš·ṭō·p̄ū — 2 Occ.