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Strong's H2100 זוּב (zub)

Zub means “flow” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2100 — euaresteo (“gratify entirely”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2100
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 41
Books 11

Strong's H2100 Quick Answer

Strong's H2100 זוּב (zuwb) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. zuwb (zoob) v. 1. to flow freely (as water), i.e. (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux 2. (figuratively) to waste away It has 41 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include floweth, flowing, water, have, and waters. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
zuwb (zoob) v. 1. to flow freely (as water), i.e. (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux 2. (figuratively) to waste away
Usage
41 linked usages
Books
11 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
floweth, flowing, water, have, and waters

Meaning and Definition

zuwb (zoob) v. 1. to flow freely (as water), i.e. (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux 2. (figuratively) to waste away 3. also to overflow [a primitive root] KJV: flow, gush out, have a (running) issue, pine away, run.

Original Word
זוּב
Transliteration
zuwb
Derivation
Root: זוב
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2100. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to flow: flowing

Usage: : flowing 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)

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How Strong's H2100 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render zuwb, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

floweth Leviticus 20:24 12× flowing Exodus 3:8 water Leviticus 15:6 have Leviticus 15:19 waters Psalms 78:20 away Lamentations 4:9 flow Isaiah 48:21

How Strong's H2100 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 41 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2100 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2100 in the Old Testament

41 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 3:8 KJV

And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Exodus 3:17 KJV

And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.

Exodus 13:5 KJV

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 41 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2100.

Exodus 3:8 Old Testament, KJV
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
Exodus 3:17 Old Testament, KJV
And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
Exodus 13:5 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Exodus 33:3 Old Testament, KJV
Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
Leviticus 15:2 Old Testament, KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.
Leviticus 15:4 Old Testament, KJV
Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.
Leviticus 15:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Leviticus 15:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Leviticus 15:8 Old Testament, KJV
And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Leviticus 15:9 Old Testament, KJV
And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean.
Leviticus 15:11 Old Testament, KJV
And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Leviticus 15:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
Leviticus 15:13 Old Testament, KJV
And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
Leviticus 15:19 Old Testament, KJV
And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
Leviticus 15:25 Old Testament, KJV
And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.
Leviticus 15:32 Old Testament, KJV
This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
Leviticus 15:33 Old Testament, KJV
And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.
Leviticus 20:24 Old Testament, KJV
But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.
Leviticus 22:4 Old Testament, KJV
What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;
Numbers 5:2 Old Testament, KJV
Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:
Numbers 13:27 Old Testament, KJV
And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
Numbers 14:8 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Numbers 16:13 Old Testament, KJV
Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?
Numbers 16:14 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
Deuteronomy 6:3 Old Testament, KJV
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 11:9 Old Testament, KJV
And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 26:9 Old Testament, KJV
And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 26:15 Old Testament, KJV
Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 27:3 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.
Deuteronomy 31:20 Old Testament, KJV
For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
Joshua 5:6 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Samuel 3:29 Old Testament, KJV
Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.
Psalms 78:20 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
Psalms 105:41 Old Testament, KJV
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
Isaiah 48:21 Old Testament, KJV
And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
Jeremiah 11:5 Old Testament, KJV
That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.
Jeremiah 32:22 Old Testament, KJV
And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
Jeremiah 49:4 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?
Lamentations 4:9 Old Testament, KJV
They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Ezekiel 20:6 Old Testament, KJV
In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
Ezekiel 20:15 Old Testament, KJV
Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2100, grouped by book.

Exodus 4 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 15 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 5 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 6 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H2100 FAQ

What does zub (זוּב) mean?

Zub (Strong's H2100) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "flow". zuwb (zoob) v. 1. to flow freely (as water), i.e. (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux 2. (figuratively) to waste away

How many times is zub (זוּב) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 41 linked usages for Strong's H2100 across 11 books.

Where can I study zub (זוּב) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2100 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate zub (זוּב)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as floweth, flowing, water, have, waters, and flow. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.