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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 BoxGen 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:2 - Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:2 - Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:7 - For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:13 - About Joseph he said: “May the LORD bless his land with the precious dew from heaven above and with the deep waters that lie below;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:14 - The deep says, “It is not in me”; the sea says, “It is not with me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:16 - “He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:16

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:31 - It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:32

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:7 - He gathers the waters of the sea into jars[fn]; he puts the deep into storehouses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6 - Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, LORD, preserve both people and animals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:7

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 - Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:21 - You will increase my honor and comfort me once more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:16 - The waters saw you, God, the waters saw you and writhed; the very depths were convulsed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 - He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them water as abundant as the seas;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:6

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 - He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led them through the depths as through a desert.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:26 - They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths; in their peril their courage melted away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:6 - The LORD does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:7

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:20 - by his knowledge the watery depths were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:24 - When there were no watery depths, I was given birth, when there were no springs overflowing with water;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:27

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:10 - Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea so that the redeemed might cross over?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:13

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:19 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When I make you a desolate city, like cities no longer inhabited, and when I bring the ocean depths over you and its vast waters cover you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:4 - The waters nourished it, deep springs made it grow tall; their streams flowed all around its base and sent their channels to all the trees of the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - “ ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day it was brought down to the realm of the dead I covered the deep springs with mourning for it; I held back its streams, and its abundant waters were restrained. Because of it I clothed Lebanon with gloom, and all the trees of the field withered away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:4 - This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: The Sovereign LORD was calling for judgment by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:5 - The engulfing waters threatened me,[fn] the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:10 - the mountains saw you and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its waves on high.
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