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The term "Flood" in the biblical context primarily refers to the cataclysmic event described in the Book of Genesis, chapters 6 through 9, where God judged the earth with a deluge of water, sparing only Noah, his family, and pairs of every living creature aboard the ark. This event is foundational in understanding God's relationship with humanity, His judgment, and His covenantal promises.

Biblical Account

The narrative of the Flood begins in Genesis 6, where the wickedness of humanity had become great on the earth. Genesis 6:5 states, "Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time." In response to this pervasive sinfulness, God decided to cleanse the earth with a flood, sparing only Noah, who "found favor in the eyes of the LORD" (Genesis 6:8).

Noah was instructed to build an ark according to specific dimensions and to bring into it his family and pairs of every kind of living creature. Genesis 6:19-20 records God's command: "And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you. Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive."

The Flood itself began when "all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened" (Genesis 7:11). The waters prevailed on the earth for 150 days, covering even the highest mountains. Genesis 7:23 notes, "Every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained."

The Covenant with Noah

After the waters receded, Noah, his family, and the animals emerged from the ark. God established a covenant with Noah, promising never again to destroy all life with a flood. The sign of this covenant was the rainbow. Genesis 9:13 states, "I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth."

Theological Significance

The Flood narrative is rich with theological themes. It underscores the seriousness of sin and God's righteous judgment, while also highlighting His grace and mercy. Noah's obedience and faith are exemplary, serving as a model for righteousness in the face of a corrupt world. The covenant with Noah is a testament to God's faithfulness and His desire for a relationship with humanity.

New Testament References

The Flood is referenced in the New Testament as well, often as a symbol of judgment and salvation. In Matthew 24:37-39 , Jesus compares the days of Noah to the coming of the Son of Man, emphasizing the suddenness and unexpected nature of divine judgment. The Apostle Peter also refers to the Flood in 1 Peter 3:20-21 , drawing a parallel between the waters of the Flood and the waters of baptism, which symbolize salvation through Jesus Christ.

Cultural and Historical Context

The account of the Flood is not unique to the Bible; many ancient cultures have flood narratives, suggesting a shared memory of a significant deluge. However, the biblical account is distinct in its theological emphasis on God's sovereignty, justice, and mercy.

Archaeological and Geological Considerations

While some scholars and scientists debate the historicity and scope of the Flood, conservative Christian interpretations often affirm a global flood, consistent with the biblical text. Various geological formations and fossil records are sometimes cited as evidence supporting a worldwide deluge.

Conclusion

The Flood remains a pivotal event in biblical history, shaping the narrative of God's interaction with humanity and serving as a profound reminder of both His judgment and His grace.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Flood

[NOAH]

ATS Bible Dictionary

Flood

See DELUGE.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

An event recorded in Genesis 7 and Genesis 8. (see DELUGE.) In Joshua 24:2, 3, 14, 15, the word "flood" (R.V., "river") means the river Euphrates. In Psalm 66:6, this word refers to the river Jordan.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation.

2. (n.) The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young flood; high flood.

3. (n.) A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency.

4. (v. i.) Menstrual discharge; menses.

5. (v. t.) To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley.

6. (v. t.) To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as, to flood a country with a depreciated currency.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

FLOOD

flud:

In the King James Version not less than 13 words are rendered "flood," though in the Revised Version (British and American) we find in some passages "river," "stream," "tempest," etc. The word is used for: the deluge of Noah, mabbul (Genesis 6:17); kataklusmos (Matthew 24:38, 39 Luke 17:27); the waters of the Red Sea, nazal (Exodus 15:8); the Euphrates, nahar, "Your fathers dwelt of old time on the other side of the flood". (the Revised Version (British and American) "beyond the River" Joshua 24:2): the Nile, ye'or, "the flood (the Revised Version (British and American) "River") of Egypt" (Amos 8:8); the Jordan, nahar, "They went through the flood (the Revised Version (British and American) "river") on foot" (Psalm 66:6); torrent, zerem, "as a flood (the Revised Version (British and American) "tempest") of mighty waters" (Isaiah 28:2); potamos, "The rain descended and the floods came" (Matthew 7:25); plemmura, "When a flood arose, the stream brake against that house" (Luke 6:48).

Figurative: nachal, "The floods of ungodly men (the Revised Version (British and American) "ungodliness," the Revised Version, margin "Hebrew Belial") made me afraid" (2 Samuel 22:5 Psalm 18:4); also 'or (Amos 8:8 (the King James Version)); shibboleth (Psalm 69:2); sheTeph (Daniel 11:22 (the King James Version)); sheTeph (Psalm 32:6 (the King James Version)); potamophoretos (Revelation 12:15 (the King James Version)).

See DELUGE OF NOAH.

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Greek

4132. plemmura -- a flood
... a flood. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: plemmura Phonetic Spelling:
(plame-moo'-rah) Short Definition: a flood Definition: a flood. ...
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2627. kataklusmos -- a flood
... a flood. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: kataklusmos Phonetic Spelling:
(kat-ak-looce-mos') Short Definition: a deluge, flood Definition: a ...
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2626. katakluzo -- to inundate
... to inundate. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: katakluzo Phonetic Spelling:
(kat-ak-lood'-zo) Short Definition: I flood over, overwhelm Definition: I flood ...
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4216. potamophoretos -- carried away by a stream
... Word Origin from potamos and phoretos (carried) Definition carried away by a stream
NASB Word Usage swept away (1), swept away with the flood (1). ...
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4215. potamos -- a river
... river (6), rivers (4), riverside* (1), torrent (2). flood, river, stream,
water. Probably from a derivative of the alternate of ...
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4366. prosregnumi -- to break against
... beat vehemently against. From pros and rhegnumi; to tear towards, ie Burst upon
(as a tempest or flood) -- beat vehemently against (upon). see GREEK pros. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7858. sheteph -- a flood
... 7857, 7858. sheteph. 7859 . a flood. Transliteration: sheteph Phonetic
Spelling: (sheh'-tef) Short Definition: flood. Word Origin ...
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2229. zaram -- to pour forth in floods, flood away
... to pour forth in floods, flood away. Transliteration: zaram Phonetic Spelling:
(zaw-ram') Short Definition: like. ... gush, carry away as with a flood, pour out. ...
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2230. zerem -- a flood of rain, rainstorm, downpour
... a flood of rain, rainstorm, downpour. Transliteration: zerem Phonetic Spelling:
(zeh'-rem) Short Definition: storm. ... flood, overflowing, shower, storm, tempest. ...
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5303. Nephilim -- "giants," name of two peoples, one before the ...
Nephilim or Nephilim. 5302, 5303. Nephilim or Nephilim. 5304 . "giants," name
of two peoples, one before the flood and one after the flood. Transliteration ...
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3999. mabbul -- a flood
... 3998, 3999. mabbul. 4000 . a flood. Transliteration: mabbul Phonetic
Spelling: (mab-bool') Short Definition: flood. Word Origin ...
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5146. Noach -- "rest," patriarch who survived the flood
... 5145, 5146. Noach. 5147 . "rest," patriarch who survived the flood.
Transliteration: Noach Phonetic Spelling: (no'-akh) Short Definition: Noah. ...
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4113. mahamorah -- a flood, watery pit
... 4112, 4113. mahamorah. 4114 . a flood, watery pit. Transliteration: mahamorah
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-ham-o-raw') Short Definition: pits. ...
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5158. nachal -- torrent, torrent-valley, wadi
... nachal. 5158a . torrent, torrent-valley, wadi. Transliteration: nachal Phonetic
Spelling: (nakh'-al) Short Definition: brook. brook, flood, river, stream, valley ...
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7642b. shibboleth -- a flowing stream
... 7642a, 7642b. shibboleth. 7643 . a flowing stream. Transliteration:
shibboleth Short Definition: flood. Word Origin from the same ...
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5104. nahar -- a stream, river
... flood, river. From nahar; a stream (including the sea; expec. The Nile, Euphrates,
etc.); figuratively, prosperity -- flood, river. see HEBREW nahar. ...
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Library

The Flood.
... THE FLOOD. About fifteen hundred years had passed since Cain slew Abel,
during which time man had become more and more wicked. At ...
/.../anonymous/mother stories from the old testament/the flood.htm

The Flood.
... IV. CREATION. Hymn 88 The flood. John Newton 8,6,8,6. The flood. Though
small the drops of falling rain,. If one be singly viewed; ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney hymns/hymn 88 the flood.htm

The Flood.
... ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN XIX. The Flood. 8.6.8.6 James Montgomery. The Flood. In
vain the preacher cried, "Repent; Flee from impending wrath;". ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn xix the flood.htm

From the Fall to the Flood.
... Chapter II. From the Fall to the Flood. Gen. Chs.4-8. Cain and Abel. ... This led to
a period of great wickedness and the destruction of the people by the flood. ...
/.../tidwell/the bible period by period/chapter ii from the fall.htm

The Flood.
... Book VIII. Chapter L."The Flood. "Wherefore, in short, at the first, when
all the earth had been stained with sins, God brought ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter l the flood.htm

From the Flood to Abraham
... Chapter III. From the Flood to Abraham. Gen. Chs.9-11. ... Just what the vocation of
Noah bad been before his call to prepare for the flood we do not know. ...
/.../tidwell/the bible period by period/chapter iii from the flood.htm

The Great Flood.
... THE OLD TESTAMENT CHAPTER II. THE GREAT FLOOD. ... "I bring a flood of waters upon the
earth," said the Lord, "and everything that is in the earth shall die.". ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter ii the great flood.htm

Concerning the Flood; and after what Manner Noah was Saved in an ...
... CHAPTER 3. Concerning The Flood; And After What Manner Noah Was Saved In An Ark,
With His Kindred, And Afterwards Dwelt In The Plain Of Shinar. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 3 concerning the flood.htm

Noah's Flood
... SERMON IV. NOAH'S FLOOD. (Quinquagesima Sunday.) Genesis 9:13. ... We all know the
history of Noah's flood. What have we learnt from that history? ...
/.../kingsley/the gospel of the pentateuch/sermon iv noahs flood.htm

The Flood.
... Homily VIII. Chapter XVII."The Flood. "But by the shedding of much blood,
the pure air being defiled with impure vapour, and sickening ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter xvii the flood.htm

Thesaurus

Flood (70 Occurrences)
... An event recorded in Genesis 7 and Genesis 8. (see DELUGE.) In Joshua 24:2, 3, 14,
15, the word "flood" (RV, "river") means the river Euphrates. ...
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Water-flood (1 Occurrence)
Water-flood. Waterflood, Water-flood. Water-gate . Multi-Version
Concordance Water-flood (1 Occurrence). Psalms 69:15 ...
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Rain-flood (1 Occurrence)
Rain-flood. Rainfall, Rain-flood. Raining . Multi-Version
Concordance Rain-flood (1 Occurrence). Job 38:25 Who hath ...
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Rainbow (6 Occurrences)
... the first time in the vault and clouds of heaven." It is argued by those holding
this opinion that the atmosphere was differently constituted before the Flood. ...
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Chronology
... The same system of variations is observed in the chronology of the period
between the Flood and Abraham. Thus: " Hebrew Septuigant ...
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Flash (19 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and
light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed. ...
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Drowned (8 Occurrences)
... therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out
and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. (KJV WBS). Amos ...
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Sunk (20 Occurrences)
... dweller in it? And come up as a flood hath all of it. And it hath been cast
out, and hath sunk, Like the flood of Egypt. (YLT). Amos 9 ...
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Shem (17 Occurrences)
... Though married at the time of the Flood, Shem was then childless. ... Sons were born
to them after the flood. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Noe (6 Occurrences)
... Matthew 24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and
drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into ...
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Resources

Why did God send the flood when He knew sin would continue after the flood? | GotQuestions.org

How was the flood in the time of Noah just? | GotQuestions.org

Is the concept of Lucifer's Flood biblical? | GotQuestions.org

Flood: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Flood (70 Occurrences)

Matthew 24:38
For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 24:39
and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 6:48
He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 17:27
They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Peter 4:4
They think it is strange that you don't run with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming:
(See NIV)

2 Peter 2:5
and didn't spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 12:15
And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
(KJV WEY WBS NAS RSV)

Revelation 12:16
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
(KJV WBS)

Genesis 6:17
I, even I, do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 7:6
Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the earth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 7:7
Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, because of the waters of the flood.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 7:10
It happened after the seven days, that the waters of the flood came on the earth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 7:17
The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 9:11
I will establish my covenant with you: all flesh will not be cut off any more by the waters of the flood, neither will there ever again be a flood to destroy the earth."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

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 will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 9:28
Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 10:1
Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 10:32
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. Of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 11:10
This is the history of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 3:15
and when they that bore the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the brink of the water--for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest--
(See NIV)

Joshua 4:18
And when the priests who took up the ark of the Lord's agreement came up out of Jordan and their feet came out on to dry land, the waters of Jordan went back to their place, overflowing its edges as before.
(See NIV)

Joshua 24:2
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
(KJV WBS)

Joshua 24:3
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
(KJV WBS)

Joshua 24:14
Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
(KJV WBS)

Joshua 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
(KJV WBS)

2 Samuel 5:20
David came to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there; and he said, "Yahweh has broken my enemies before me, like the breach of waters." Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.
(See RSV)

1 Chronicles 14:11
So they came up to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there; and David said, God has broken my enemies by my hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal Perazim.
(See RSV)

Job 14:11
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
(KJV WBS)

Job 22:11
or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
(Root in WEB DBY RSV NIV)

Job 22:16
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
(KJV DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Job 27:20
Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Job 28:4
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
(KJV WBS)

Job 38:25
Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm;
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS)

Job 38:34
Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?
(Root in DBY RSV NIV)

Job 40:23
Lo, a flood oppresseth -- he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.
(YLT)

Psalms 6:6
I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Psalms 29:10
Yahweh sat enthroned at the Flood. Yes, Yahweh sits as King forever.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 32:6
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
(Root in KJV DBY WBS NAS)

Psalms 66:6
He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
(KJV WBS)

Psalms 69:2
I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 69:15
Don't let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don't let the pit shut its mouth on me.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 74:15
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Psalms 88:17
They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.
(See RSV NIV)

Psalms 90:5
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Psalms 124:4
Then the waters had overflowed us, The stream passed over our soul,
(See RSV NIV)

Proverbs 26:10
As an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.
(See JPS)

Proverbs 27:4
Fury 'is' fierce, and anger 'is' overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?
(See NAS)

Isaiah 8:7
now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the mighty flood waters of the River: the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks.
(WEB NIV)

Isaiah 27:12
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will beat off his fruit from the flood of the River unto the brook of Egypt; and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
(ASV DBY JPS)

Isaiah 28:2
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
(KJV WBS NIV)

Isaiah 54:9
For this is like the days of Noah to me: for as I took an oath that the waters of Noah would never again go over the earth, so have I taken an oath that I will not again be angry with you, or say bitter words to you.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 59:19
So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
(KJV JPS DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Jeremiah 46:7
Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
(KJV WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 46:8
Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 29:3
Speak, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I 'am' against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt! The great dragon that is crouching in the midst of his floods, Who hath said, My flood 'is' my own, And I -- I have made it 'for' myself.
(Root in YLT)

Ezekiel 29:9
And the land of Egypt hath been for a desolation and a waste, And they have known that I 'am' Jehovah. Because he said: The flood 'is' mine, and I made 'it'.
(YLT)

Daniel 7:10
A flood of fire is proceeding and coming forth from before Him, a thousand thousands do serve Him, and a myriad of myriads before Him do rise up, the Judge is seated, and the books have been opened.
(YLT)

Daniel 9:26
After the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One shall be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and its end shall be with a flood, and even to the end shall be war; desolations are determined.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Daniel 11:10
and his sons stir themselves up, and have gathered a multitude of great forces, and he hath certainly come in, and overflowed, and passed through, and he turneth back, and they stir themselves up unto his stronghold.
(See NIV)

Daniel 11:22
And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
(KJV JPS WBS YLT NAS)

Daniel 11:40
And at the time of the end, push himself forward with him doth a king of the south, and storm against him doth a king of the north, with chariot, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he hath come in to the lands, and hath overflowed, and passed over,
(See NIV)

Daniel 12:5
And I have looked -- I, Daniel -- and lo, two others are standing, one here at the edge of the flood, and one there at the edge of the flood,
(YLT)

Daniel 12:6
and he saith to the one clothed in linen, who 'is' upon the waters of the flood, 'Till when 'is' the end of these wonders?'
(YLT)

Daniel 12:7
And I hear the one clothed in linen, who 'is' upon the waters of the flood, and he doth lift up his right hand and his left unto the heavens, and sweareth by Him who is living to the age, that, 'After a time, times, and a half, and at the completion of the scattering of the power of the holy people, finished are all these.'
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Hosea 5:10
The rulers of Judah are like those who take away a landmark; I will let loose my wrath on them like flowing water.
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Amos 8:8
Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
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Amos 9:5
And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
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Jonah 2:3
For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.
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Nahum 1:8
But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
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Zechariah 10:11
And He hath passed over through the sea, And hath pressed and smitten billows in the sea, And dried up have been all depths of a flood, And brought down hath been the excellency of Asshur, And the rod of Egypt doth turn aside.
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Subtopics

Flood: The Promise That It should not Recur

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