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NOAH'S FLOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Noah's flood mean?
• NOAH'S FLOOD (noun)
The noun NOAH'S FLOOD has 1 sense:
1. (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings
Familiarity information: NOAH'S FLOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
Noachian deluge; Noah's flood; Noah and the Flood; the Flood
Hypernyms ("Noah's flood" is a kind of...):
alluvion; deluge; flood; inundation (the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land)
Domain category:
Bible; Book; Christian Bible; Good Book; Holy Scripture; Holy Writ; Scripture; Word; Word of God (the sacred writings of the Christian religions)
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