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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 Box Gen 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:2 - The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was[fn] on 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, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven 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 heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven 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, that flow out of valleys and hills;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:13 - And of Joseph he said:

“Blessed of the LORD is his land,
With the precious things of heaven, with the dew,
And the deep lying 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 - “Indeed He would have brought you out of dire distress,
Into a broad place where there is no restraint;
And what is set on your table would be full of richness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:16 - “Have you entered the springs of the sea?
Or have you walked in search of the depths?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30 - The waters harden like stone,
And the surface 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 - He leaves a shining wake behind him;
One would think the deep had white hair.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:7 - He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap;[fn]
He lays up the deep in storehouses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6 - Your righteousness is like the great mountains;
Your judgments are a great deep;
O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:7 - Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls;
All Your waves and billows have gone over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 - You, who have shown me great and severe troubles,
Shall revive me again,
And bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:21 - You shall increase my greatness,
And comfort me on every side.

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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, they were afraid;
The depths also trembled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 - He split the rocks in the wilderness,
And gave them drink in abundance like the depths.

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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 also, and it dried up;
So He led them through the depths,
As through the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:26 - They mount up to the heavens,
They go down again to the depths;
Their soul melts because of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:6 - Whatever the LORD pleases He does,
In heaven and in earth,
In the seas and in all deep places.

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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 the depths;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:20 - By His knowledge the depths were broken up,
And 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 fountains 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!
And I will dry up your rivers’;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:10 - Are You not the One who dried up the sea,
The waters of the great deep;
That made the depths of the sea a road
For the redeemed to cross over?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:13 - Who led them through the deep,
As a horse in the wilderness,
That they might 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 desolate city, like cities that are not inhabited, when I bring the deep upon you, and great waters cover you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:4 - The waters made it grow;
Underground waters gave it height,
With their rivers running around the place where it was planted,
And sent out rivulets 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: ‘In the day when it went down to hell, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it. I restrained its rivers, and the great waters were held back. I caused Lebanon to mourn 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 - Thus the Lord GOD showed me: Behold, the Lord GOD called for conflict by fire, and it consumed the great deep and devoured the territory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:5 - The waters surrounded me, even to my soul;
The deep closed around me;
Weeds were wrapped around my head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:10 - The mountains saw You and trembled;
The overflowing of the water passed by.
The deep uttered its voice,
And lifted its hands on high.
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