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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 - 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 Gen 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:25 - because of the God of your father, who will help you, because of the sovereign God, who will bless you with blessings from the sky above, blessings from the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:5 - The depths have covered them, they went down to the bottom like a stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:8 - By the blast of your nostrils the waters were piled up, the flowing water stood upright like a heap, and the deep waters were solidified in the heart of the sea.

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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 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 41:32

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 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 Pro 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:27 - When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:28 - when he established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep grew strong,

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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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