Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The water was fifteen cubits higher than the mountains which it covered. and the mountains. Psalm 104:6 The deep like a garment is its clothing: above the mountains shall the waters stand. Jeremiah 3:23 In very deed the hills were liars, and the multitude of the mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel. Context The Duration of the Flood…19And the waters prevailed beyond measure upon the earth: and all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered. 20The water was fifteen cubits higher than the mountains which it covered.21And all flesh was destroyed that moved upon the earth, both of fowl and of cattle, and of beasts, and of all creeping things that creep upon the earth: and all men.… Cross References Genesis 7:19 And the waters prevailed beyond measure upon the earth: and all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered. Genesis 8:4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia. Lexicon The watersהַמָּ֑יִם (ham·mā·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen rose גָּבְר֖וּ (gā·ḇə·rū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 1396: To be strong, to prevail, act insolently and covered וַיְכֻסּ֖וּ (way·ḵus·sū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Pual - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover the mountaintops הֶהָרִֽים׃ (he·hā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country to a depth מִלְמַ֔עְלָה (mil·ma‘·lāh) Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Adverb | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4605: The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top of fifteen חֲמֵ֨שׁ (ḥă·mêš) Number - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 2568: Five cubits. אַמָּה֙ (’am·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base Additional Translations The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. Fifteen cubits upwards was the water raised, and it covered all the high mountains. Fifteen cubits upward the waters prevailed; and the mountains were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail: and the mountains were covered. The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. fifteen cubits upwards have the waters become mighty, and the mountains are covered; Jump to Previous Covered Covering Cubits Deep Depth Feet Fifteen Higher Mighty Mountains Prevail Prevailed Rose Twenty Upward Upwards Water WatersJump to Next Covered Covering Cubits Deep Depth Feet Fifteen Higher Mighty Mountains Prevail Prevailed Rose Twenty Upward Upwards Water WatersExternal Links Genesis 7:20 NIVGenesis 7:20 NLT Genesis 7:20 ESV Genesis 7:20 NASB Genesis 7:20 ASV Genesis 7:20 Bible Apps Genesis 7:20 Biblia Paralela Genesis 7:20 Chinese Bible Genesis 7:20 French Bible Genesis 7:20 German Bible Alphabetical: a and covered cubits depth feet fifteen higher more mountains of prevailed rose than The to twenty water waters were OT Law: Genesis 7:20 The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward (Gen. Ge Gn) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |