~ waters were abated ~ 01_GEN_08_03  And the waters returned from off the earth continually, and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. #, 01_GEN_08_08  Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; #, 01_GEN_08_11  And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth [was] an olive leaf plucked off, so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. #,