The meaning of “זוּב”
Understanding zûwb reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
flow, gush out, have a (running) issue, pine away, run. - to flow freely (as water), i.e. (specifically) to have a (sexu...
זוּב
flow, gush out, have a (running) issue, pine away, run. - to flow freely (as water), i.e. (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux - figuratively, to waste away - also to overflow 1) to flow, gush, issue, discharge 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to flow, gush 1a2) to die, pine away (fig.) 1a3) to flow (of issue from woman), have an issue, flux 1a4) flowing (participle)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 13:5 | “And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.” Word: זוּב (zûwb) | |
| Numbers 14:8 | “If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.” Word: זוּב (zûwb) | |
| Joshua 5:6 | “For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: unto whom the Lord sware that he would not shew them the land, which the Lord sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.” Word: זוּב (zûwb) | |
| Psalms 105:41 | “He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.” Word: זוּב (zûwb) | |
| Jeremiah 32:22 | “And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;” Word: זוּב (zûwb) |
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