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Flood
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flood
English
Pronunciation
flŭd, en /flʌd/
en En-us-flood.ogg US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Flood.wav Southern England
Etymology 1
Proper noun
the Flood
en biblical The flood referred to in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible.
en 1888 w:C. I. Scofield The Seven Dispensations Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth (2 Tim. 2:15): Ten Outline Studies of The More Important Divisions of Scripture https://archive.org/details/rightlydividingw0000scof/ Second Religion Philadelphia, Penn. w:Philadelphia School of the Bible 1923 29679931 21 https://archive.org/details/rightlydividingw0000scof/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
en Deluge
Derived terms
en flooddidit
Translations
the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
Arabic: ar الطُّوفَان m, ar طُوفَان نُوح m
Bashkir: ba Туфан
Bulgarian: bg Потопът m
Catalan: ca diluvi universal m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 大洪水
Comorian:
Maore Comorian: swb ɓa la maji c5
Dutch: nl Zondvloed f
Finnish: fi vedenpaisumus
French: fr déluge m, fr déluge universel m
German: de Sintflut f
Gothic: got 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 f
Irish: ga Díle f an Díle
Italian: it diluvio universale
Korean: ko 대홍수(大洪水)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb syndflod
Nynorsk: nn syndflod f
Polish: pl Potop m
Portuguese: pt Dilúvio m
Russian: ru всеми́рный пото́п m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Tuil Ruadh f an Tuil Ruadh
Spanish: es diluvio universal
Swedish: sv syndaflod syndafloden c
Turkish: tr Büyük Tufan, tr Nuh Tufan'ı
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
en Flud
Proper noun
s
en.
Anagrams
en dfloo of old