πλημμύρης [1 verse](noun sg fem gen) "The flood" is from plemmyra, which means "flood-tide".   - The word translated as "the flood" specifically means "food tide".  It is only used here in the NT. This may represent that this presentation was made on or near the sea coast by Tyre and Sidon.  It is not technically the subject of the sentence here. The form is a special use of the possessive case with a verb used as an adjective (subjective genitive).