שִׁפְעָה
shifa · abundance, multitude
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8229 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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shifa (שִׁפְעָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “abundance, multitude”.
Abundance, a great quantity of something: of waters (Job 22:11), of camels (Isaiah 60:6), of horses (Ezekiel 26:10); also a crowd of people (2 Kings 9:17).
How to say it
shi·fa
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Great quantity; a crowd of people.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- abundance ×3
- company ×2
- throng ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Kings 9:17
The watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, “I see a company.” Joram said, “Take a horseman and send him to meet them, and let him say, ‘Is there peace?’”
- Job 22:11
or darkness, so that you cannot see, and an abundance of waters covers you.
- Job 38:34
Can you lift up your voice to the cloud, so that an abundance of waters covers you?
- Isaiah 60:6
A throng of camels will cover you, young camels of Midian and Ephah; all of them will come from Sheba; gold and frankincense they will bring, and the praises of YHWH they will proclaim.
- Ezekiel 26:10
From the abundance of his horses their dust will cover you; from the noise of horseman and wheel and chariot your walls will quake when he enters your gates as one enters a breached city.
And 1 more times.