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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 13 times in 12 verses in 'Psa' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:7 - He gathered the waters of the sea as in a bottle; he put the deeps in storehouses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6 - Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God, thy judgments are like the great deep; man and beast thou savest, O LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:7 - Deep calls to deep at the thunder of thy cataracts; all thy waves and thy billows have gone over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 - Thou who hast made me see many sore troubles wilt revive me again; from the depths of the earth thou wilt bring me up again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:21 - Thou wilt increase my honor, and comfort me again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 - He cleft 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 - Thou didst cover 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 sea monsters and all deeps,
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