Mabbul מַבּוּל
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| מַבּוּל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | mabbul |
| Strong's number | H3999 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | flood |
| Occurrences | 13 in 12 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (11) |
Mabbul (Hebrew מַבּוּל, Strong's H3999) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “flood”. It occurs 13 times in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) flood, deluge.
1a) Noah's flood that submerged the entire planet earth under water for about a year
1a) Noah's flood that submerged the entire planet earth under water for about a year
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | flood (13) |
|---|---|
| BSB | flood (9), floodwaters (2), over the flood (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Mabbul, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 6:17And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
- Genesis 7:6And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.
- Genesis 7:7And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
- Genesis 7:10And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.
- Genesis 7:17And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
- Genesis 9:11And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
- Genesis 9:15And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
- Genesis 9:28And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.
- Genesis 10:1Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
- Genesis 10:32These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.
- Genesis 11:10These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
Psalms
- Psalm 29:10The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).