Strong's Number 3999

mabbuwl {mab-bool'}

from 2986 in the sense of flowing

1142

noun masculine

flood 13

Total: 13

1. flood, deluge.
   1. Noah's flood that submerged the entire planet earth under water for about a year

Some think Noah's flood was only local. However the description of it found in Gen. 6 through 8 makes this patently absurd. If it was local, Noah had 120 years to migrate out of the area to safe ground! Why waste all that effort building a ship? With the possible exception of Ps. 29:10, this word always refers to Noah's flood.