שִׁפְעָה
shiphʻâh · H8229 · Hebrew · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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abundance
State in which objects or substances are in a high quantity
ExamplesJob 22:11 Or darkness, so that you cannot see, And a flood of water covers you.
Job 38:34 “Can you raise your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you?
Isaiah 60:6 “A multitude of camels will cover you, The young camels of Midian and Ephah; All those from Sheba will come; They will bring gold and frankincense, And proclaim good news of the praises of the LORD.
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troop, company
Literally: abundance; hence: a relatively large group of people
Examples2 Kings 9:17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and he said, “I see a company.” And Joram said, “Take a horseman and send him to meet them and have him ask, ‘Is your intention peace?’”
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- מַיִםwater 2
- גָּמָלcamel 1
- יֵהוּאJehu 1
- סוּסhorse 1
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- כָּסָהto cover 3
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- רָאָהto see 2
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- הָמוֹן hâmôwn · H1995 · noise, uproar, tumult
- הָמוֹן shares the dual sense of numerical multitude and abundant quantity, frequently used in similar contexts for crowds and great numbers
- רֹב rôb · H7230 · multitude, abundance, numerous
- רֹב denotes abundance and multitude in both quantitative and collective senses, overlapping with שִׁפְעָה in contexts of great numbers or quantities
Contrasting words 1 word
- חֹסֶר chôçer · H2640 · lack
- חֶסֶר denotes lack and deficiency, the opposite state from abundance and plenty
In the other Testament 2 words
- πλῆθος plēthos · G4128 · large number of, a multitude of, crowd
- Greek πλῆθος is the standard LXX rendering for Hebrew terms denoting multitude/abundance and shares the same semantic range of numerical quantity and group assemblage
- περισσεία perisseía · G4050 · abundance, a great deal of, very great
- Greek περισσεία specifically captures the abundance/overflow aspect of שִׁפְעָה and is used in LXX for Hebrew abundance terms
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Quantity002001001046
- This noun denotes a great quantity, as in Job 38:34's question of whether an abundance of water will cover the one who calls to the clouds.
- Groups001001003004
- The noun also denotes a company of people, as in 2 Kings 9:17's account of the watchman seeing the company of Jehu approaching.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8229. shiphah [שִׁפְעָה], שִׁפְעַת noun feminine abundance, quantity; — apparently…
[שִׁפְעָה], שִׁפְעַת noun feminine abundance, quantity; — apparently absolute שִׁפְעַת 2Ki 9:17, a multitude (of men), (Bur שִׁפְעָה, or אֲנָשִׁים שִׁפְעַת as Klo Benz and others; > ᵐ5B Kit עָפָר); construct יֵהוּא שִׁפְעַת 2Ki 9:17 Jehu's multitude; construct, of horses Eze 26:10, camels Isa 60:6; of waters Job 22:11; Job 38:34.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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