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Flood
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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"a deluge" (Eng., "cataclysm"), akin to katakluzo, "to inundate," 2 Peter 3:6 , is used of the "flood" in Noah's time, Matthew 24:38,39; Luke 17:27; 2 Peter 2:5 .
akin to pletho and pimplemi, "to fill, a flood of sea or river," the latter in Luke 6:48 . In the Sept., Job 40:18 (ver. 23 in the EV).
"a river, stream, torrent," is translated "flood" in Matthew 7:25,27; in Revelation 12:15,16 , AV, "flood," RV, "river." See RIVER , WATER.
signifies "carried away by a stream or river" (A, No. 3, and phero, "to carry"), Revelation 12:15 , RV, "carried away by the stream" (AV, "of the flood").
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Flood'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/f/flood.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Flood'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/f/flood.html. 1940.
