Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H8415
תְּהוֹם
te.hom · “abyss”
Used 36 times across 11 books
Definition
1) deep, depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, sea
1a) deep (of subterranean waters)
1b) deep, sea, abysses (of sea)
1c) primeval ocean, deep
1d) deep, depth (of river)
1e) abyss, the grave
1a) deep (of subterranean waters)
1b) deep, sea, abysses (of sea)
1c) primeval ocean, deep
1d) deep, depth (of river)
1e) abyss, the grave
Where it appears
Genesis4
Exodus2
Deuteronomy2
Job4
Psalms12
Proverbs4
Isaiah2
Ezekiel3
Amos1
Jonah1
Habakkuk1
In the text
Genesis 1:2And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.Genesis 8:2The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;Genesis 49:25Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:Exodus 15:5The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.Exodus 15:8And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.Deuteronomy 8:7For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;Deuteronomy 33:13And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,Job 28:14The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.Job 38:16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
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