Flood

See also: flood

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

the Flood

1. (biblical) The flood referred to in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible.
   • 1888, C. I. Scofield, “The Seven Dispensations”, in Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth (2 Tim. 2:15): Ten Outline Studies of The More Important Divisions of Scripture‎^[1], Second edition (Religion), Philadelphia, Penn.: Philadelphia School of the Bible, published 1923, →OCLC, page 21:

     The result of the Dispensation of Conscience was that “all flesh had corrupted his way on the earth;” that “the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually ;” and God closed the second testing of the natural man with judgment—the Flood. […]
     Out of the fearful judgment of the Flood God saved eight persons to whom, after the waters were assuaged, He gave the purified earth with ample power to govern it. This, Noah and his descendants were responsible to do.

Synonyms

• Deluge

Translations

the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis

• Bashkir: Туфан (Tufan)
• Bulgarian: Потопът m (Potopǎt)
• Catalan: diluvi universal m
• Dutch: Zondvloed f
• Finnish: vedenpaisumus (fi)
• French: déluge (fr) m, déluge universel m
• German: Sintflut (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (midjasweipains)
• Irish: an Díle f
• Italian: diluvio universale (it)
• Korean: 대홍수(大洪水) (ko) (daehongsu)
• Maore Comorian: ɓa la maji class 5
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: syndflod

  Nynorsk: syndflod f

• Polish: Potop m
• Russian: всеми́рный пото́п m (vsemírnyj potóp)
• Scottish Gaelic: an Tuil Ruadh f
• Spanish: diluvio universal
• Swedish: syndafloden (sv) c
• Turkish: Büyük Tufan, Nuh Tufan'ı

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• Flud

Proper noun

Flood (plural Floods)

1. A surname.

Anagrams

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