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Lexicon :: Strong's G12 - abyssos

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ἄβυσσος
Transliteration
abyssos (Key)
Pronunciation
ab'-us-sos
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and a variation of βυθός (G1037)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:9,2

Strong’s Definitions

ἄβυσσος abyssos, ab'-us-sos; from G1 (as a negative particle) and a variation of G1037; depthless, i.e. (specially) (infernal) "abyss":—deep, (bottomless) pit.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G12 in the following manner: bottomless pit (5x), deep (2x), bottomless (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G12 in the following manner: bottomless pit (5x), deep (2x), bottomless (2x).

  1. bottomless

  2. unbounded

  3. the abyss

    1. the pit

    2. the immeasurable depth

    3. of Orcus, a very deep gulf or chasm in the lowest parts of the earth used as the common receptacle of the dead and especially as the abode of demons

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄβυσσος abyssos, ab'-us-sos; from G1 (as a negative particle) and a variation of G1037; depthless, i.e. (specially) (infernal) "abyss":—deep, (bottomless) pit.
STRONGS G12:
ἄβυσσος, in classic Greek an adjective, -ος, -ον, (from ὁ βυσσός equivalent to βυθός), bottomless (so perhaps in Wis. 10:19), unbounded (πλοῦτος ἄβυσσος, Aeschylus, the Sept. (931) 950). in the Scriptures ἡ ἄβυσσος (Sept. for תְּהום) namely, χώρα, the pit, the immeasurable depth, the abyss. Hence, of 'the deep' sea: Genesis 1:2; Genesis 7:11; Deuteronomy 8:7; Sir. 1:3 Sir. 16:18, etc.; of Orcus (a very deep gulf or chasm in the lowest parts of the earth: Psalm 70:21 (Ps. 71:20) ἐκ τῶν ἀβύσσων τῆς γῆς, Euripides, Phoen. 1632 (1605) ταρτάρου ἄβυσσα χάσματα, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 20, 5 ἀβύσσων ἀνεξιχνίαστα κλίματα, ibid. 59, 3 ὁ ἐπιβλέπων ἐν ταῖς ἀβύσσοις, of God; [Act. Thom. 32 ὁ τήν ἄβυσσον τοῦ ταρτάρου οἴκων, of the dragon]), both as the common receptacle of the dead, Romans 10:7, and especially as the abode of demons, Luke 8:31; Revelation 9:1; Revelation 9:11; Revelation 11:7; Revelation 17:8; Revelation 20:1, 3. Among secular authors used as a substantive only by Diogenes Laërtius 4 (5) 27 κατῆλθες εἰς μέλαιναν Πλουτέως ἄβυσσον. Cf. Knapp, Scripta var. Arg., p. 554f; [J. G. Müller, Philo's Lehre von der Weltschöpfung, p. 173f; B. D. American edition under the word Deep].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
1:2; 7:11
Deuteronomy
8:7
Psalms
71:20
Luke
8:31
Romans
10:7
Revelation
9:1; 9:11; 11:7; 17:8; 20:1; 20:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G12 matches the Greek ἄβυσσος (abyssos),
which occurs 36 times in 34 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:2 - The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:2 - The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:7 - For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:13 - And of Joseph he said,
“Blessed by the LORD be his land,
with the choicest gifts of heaven above,[fn]
and of the deep that crouches beneath,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:14 - The deep says, ‘It is not in me,’
and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:16 - He also allured you out of distress
into a broad place where there was no cramping,
and what was set on your table was full of fatness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:16 - “Have you entered into the springs of the sea,
or walked in the recesses of the deep?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30 - The waters become hard like stone,
and the face of the deep is frozen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:31 - He makes the deep boil like a pot;
he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:32 - Behind him he leaves a shining wake;
one would think the deep to be white-haired.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:7 - He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap;
he puts the deeps in storehouses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6 - Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
your judgments are like the great deep;
man and beast you save, O LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:7 - Deep calls to deep
at the roar of your waterfalls;
all your breakers and your waves
have gone over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 - You who have made me see many troubles and calamities
will revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
you will bring me up again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:21 - You will increase my greatness
and comfort me again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:16 - When the waters saw you, O God,
when the waters saw you, they were afraid;
indeed, the deep trembled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 - He split rocks in the wilderness
and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:6 - You covered it with the deep as with a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 - He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry,
and he led them through the deep as through a desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:26 - They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;
their courage melted away in their evil plight;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:6 - Whatever the LORD pleases, he does,
in heaven and on earth,
in the seas and all deeps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:7 - Praise the LORD from the earth,
you great sea creatures and all deeps,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:20 - by his knowledge the deeps broke open,
and the clouds drop down the dew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:24 - When there were no depths I was brought forth,
when there were no springs abounding with water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:27 - who says to the deep, ‘Be dry;
I will dry up your rivers’;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:10 - Was it not you who dried up the sea,
the waters of the great deep,
who made the depths of the sea a way
for the redeemed to pass over?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:13 - who led them through the depths?
Like a horse in the desert,
they did not stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:19 - “For thus says the Lord GOD: When I make you a city laid waste, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you, and the great waters cover you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:4 - The waters nourished it;
the deep made it grow tall,
making its rivers flow
around the place of its planting,
sending forth its streams
to all the trees of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - “Thus says the Lord GOD: On the day the cedar[fn] went down to Sheol I caused mourning; I closed the deep over it, and restrained its rivers, and many waters were stopped. I clothed Lebanon in gloom for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:4 - This is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD was calling for a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:5 - The waters closed in over me to take my life;
the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped about my head

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:10 - The mountains saw you and writhed;
the raging waters swept on;
the deep gave forth its voice;
it lifted its hands on high.
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