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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 - Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.

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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 open and the floodgates 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 floodgates of heaven were closed, and the rain stopped falling from the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:13 - Of Joseph he said: May the LORD bless his land with the harvest produced by the sky, by the dew, and by the depths crouching beneath;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:14 - The deep says, 'It is not with 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 - And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:16 - Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30 - when the waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:31 - It makes the deep boil like a cauldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:32 - It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had a head of white hair.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:7 - He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6 - Your justice is like the highest mountains, your fairness like the deepest sea; you preserve mankind and the animal kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:7 - One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 - Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:21 - Raise me to a position of great honor! Turn and comfort me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:16 - The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and trembled. Yes, the depths of the sea shook with fear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 - He broke open rocks in the wilderness, and gave them enough water to fill the depths of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:6 - The watery deep covered it like a garment; the waters reached above the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 - He shouted at the Red Sea and it dried up; he led them through the deep water as if it were a desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:26 - They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors' strength left them because the danger was so great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:6 - He does whatever he pleases in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all the ocean depths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:20 - By his knowledge the primordial sea was broken open, and the clouds drip down dew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:24 - When there were no deep oceans I was born, when there were no springs overflowing with water;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:27 - who says to the deep sea, 'Be dry! I will dry up your sea currents,'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:10 - Did you not dry up the sea, the waters of the great deep? Did you not make a path through the depths of the sea, so those delivered from bondage could cross over?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:13 - who led them through the deep water? Like a horse running on flat land they did not stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:19 - "For this is what the sovereign LORD says: When I make you desolate like the uninhabited cities, when I bring up the deep over you and the surging waters overwhelm you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:4 - The water made it grow; underground springs made it grow tall. Rivers flowed all around the place it was planted, while smaller channels watered all the trees of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - "'This is what the sovereign LORD says: On the day it went down to Sheol I caused observers to lament. I covered it with the deep and held back its rivers; its plentiful water was restrained. I clothed Lebanon in black for it, and all the trees of the field wilted because of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:4 - The sovereign LORD showed me this: I saw the sovereign LORD summoning a shower of fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:5 - Water engulfed me up to my neck; the deep ocean surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:10 - When the mountains see you, they shake. The torrential downpour sweeps through. The great deep shouts out; it lifts its hands high.
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