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Lexicon :: Strong's H8415 - tᵊhôm

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תְּהוֹם
Transliteration
tᵊhôm
Pronunciation
teh-home'
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2495a

Strong’s Definitions

תְּהוֹם tᵉhôwm, teh-home'; or תְּהֹם tᵉhôm; (usually feminine) from H1949; an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply):—deep (place), depth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H8415 in the following manner: deep (20x), depth (15x), deep places (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's H8415 in the following manner: deep (20x), depth (15x), deep places (1x).

  1. deep, depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, sea

    1. deep (of subterranean waters)

    2. deep, sea, abysses (of sea)

    3. primeval ocean, deep

    4. deep, depth (of river)

    5. abyss, the grave

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תְּהוֹם tᵉhôwm, teh-home'; or תְּהֹם tᵉhôm; (usually feminine) from H1949; an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply):—deep (place), depth.
STRONGS H8415: Abbreviations
† תִּהוֺם noun feminineGenesis 7:11 + 7 times and masculineJob 28:14 + 5 times (AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 62 Köii. 2. 167 Ency. Bib.DEEP) deep, sea, abyss (almost always in poetry); — absolute ת׳ Genesis 1:2 +; plural absolute תְּהֹמוֺת Psalm 77:17 +, etc., בַּתּ׳ Isaiah 63:13 + Psalm 106:9 (only here with article); construct תְּהוֺמוֺת Isa 71:20 (but see 5 below); —
1. deep, of subterranean waters, Genesis 49:25 (poem in J; opposed to שָׁמַיִם), Deuteronomy 33:13 (opposed to id.); רַבָּה מַעְיְנוֺת ת׳ Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:2 (P; || אֲרֻבֹּת הַשָּׁמַיִם), עִינוֺת ת׳ Proverbs 8:28 (|| שְׁחָקִים), Job 28:14; Job 38:16 (both || יָם); תְּהוֺם רַבָּה Amos 7:4 (probably), רַבָּה ת'מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ Psalm 36:7 (opposed to אֵל צִדְקָֽתְךָ כְּהַרְרֵי), Isaiah 51:10 (perhaps); so plural תְּהֹמוֺת, Proverbs 8:24 (|| מַעְיָנוֺת), Proverbs 3:20 (opposed to שְׁחָקִים), and probably Psalm 33:7 (|| מֵי הַיָּם), Psalm 135:6 (+ יַמִּים).
2. (deep) sea, overwhelming Tyre Ezekiel 26:19 (|| הַמַּיִם הָרַבִּים), roaring at theoph. Habakkuk 3:10; in general, || יָם, Job 38:30 (ת'פְּנֵי); || מַיִם Jonah 2:6; alone Job 41:24; figurative, קוֺרַא אֶלתֿ׳ ת׳ Job 42:8 (|| מִשְׁבָּרִים, גַּלִּים; but possibly here of Jordan, compare 4); in plural = abysses of sea, Exodus 15:5, 8 (of Red Sea, so) Isaiah 63:13 || Psalm 106:9; Psalm 77:17; also Psalm 78:15 (in simile), Psalm 107:26 (poetic of hollows of great waves, opposed to שָׁמַיִם); vaguely, כָּלתְּֿהֹמוֺת Psalm 135:6; Psalm 148:7.
3. primaeval ocean, deep, in Hebrew cosmogony, ת'פְּנֵי Genesis 1:2 (P; || הַמַּיִם פְּנֵי), Proverbs 8:27 (|| שָׁמַיִם), Psalm 104:6. — (compare, further, GunkSchöpfung u. Chaos 21 ff. OCWhitehouseHast. DB COSMOGONY ZimKAT3. 492 f., 509 f., 585).
4. deep, depth, of river Ezekiel 31:4 (Nile; || מַיִם, + נַהֲרוֺתֶיהָ), Ezekiel 31:15 (|| id.); plural of bursts of water fertilizing Canaan, יוצאים בבקעה ובהר Deuteronomy 8:7 (+ עֲיָנֹת, נַחֲלֵי מַיִם). — On Psalm 42:8 see 2.
5. abyss (si vera lectio): תְּהוֺמוֺת הָאָרֶץ = She'ôl, Psalm 71:20, but Ol We תַּחְתִיּוֺת.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:2; 1:2; 7:11; 7:11; 8:2; 49:25

Exodus

15:5; 15:8

Deuteronomy

8:7; 33:13

Job

28:14; 28:14; 38:16; 38:30; 41:24; 42:8

Psalms

33:7; 36:7; 42:8; 71:20; 77:17; 77:17; 78:15; 104:6; 106:9; 106:9; 107:26; 135:6; 135:6; 148:7

Proverbs

3:20; 8:24; 8:27; 8:28

Isaiah

51:10; 63:13; 63:13

Ezekiel

26:19; 31:4; 31:15

Amos

7:4

Jonah

2:6

Habakkuk

3:10

H8415

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8415 matches the Hebrew תְּהוֹם (tᵊhôm),
which occurs 36 times in 35 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:2 - And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was 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, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that same 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 - And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and the pour of rain from heaven was stopped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:25 - From the God of thy father, and he will help thee; And from the Almighty, and he will bless thee -- With blessings of heaven from above, With blessings of the deep that lieth under, With blessings of the breast and of the womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:5 - The depths covered them; they sank to the bottom as a stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:8 - And by the breath of thy nostrils the waters were heaped up; The streams stood as a mound; The depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:7 - For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of water-brooks, of springs, and of deep waters, that gush forth 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 of Jehovah be his land! By the precious things of the heavens, By the dew, and by the deep that lieth beneath,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:14

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:16 - Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30 - When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:32 - He maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:7 - He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; he layeth up the deeps in storehouses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6 - Thy righteousness is like the high mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: thou, Jehovah, preservest man and beast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:7 - Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy cataracts; all thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 - Thou, who hast shewn us many and sore troubles, wilt revive us again, and wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:16 - The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they trembled, yea, the depths were troubled:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 - He clave rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the depths, abundantly;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:6 - Thou hadst covered it with the deep, as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 - And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; and he led them through the deeps as through a 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 to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:6 - Whatsoever Jehovah pleased, he hath done in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all deeps;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:7 - Praise Jehovah from the earth, ye sea-monsters, and all deeps;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:20 - By his knowledge the deeps were broken up, and the skies 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 Pro 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:27 - When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:28 - when he established the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:10 - Is it not thou that dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that 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 wilderness, and they stumbled not?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:19 - For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I bring up the deep upon thee, and the great waters cover thee:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:4 - The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high; its streams ran round about his plantation, and it sent out its rivulets unto all the trees of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when he went down to Sheol, I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed; and I made Lebanon black for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:4 - Thus did the Lord Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and ate up the inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:5 - The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:10 - The mountains saw thee, they were in travail: Torrents of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, Lifted up its hands on high.
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