Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H3999: מַבּוּל

mabbûwl · pronounced mab-bool' · “flood”

Definition

a deluge

KJV translates it as: flood.

Word origin: from H2986 (יָבַל) in the sense of flowing;

Extended definition

1) flood, deluge.
1a) Noah's flood that submerged the entire planet earth under water for about a year

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H3999 is translated

  • flood ×11
  • a flood ×2

Bible verses with H3999 (mabbûwl)

Mabbûwl appears in 12 verses.

  • Genesis 6:17

    And, 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.

  • Genesis 7:6

    And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

  • Genesis 7:7

    And 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.

  • Genesis 7:10

    And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

  • Genesis 7:17

    And 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.

  • Genesis 9:11

    And 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.

  • 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 shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

  • Genesis 9:28

    And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

  • Genesis 10:1

    Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

  • Genesis 10:32

    These 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.

  • Genesis 11:10

    These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

  • Psalms 29:10

    The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever.