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Lexicon :: Strong's H922 - bôû

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בֹּהוּ
Transliteration
bôû
Pronunciation
bo'-hoo
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root (meaning to be empty)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 205a

Strong’s Definitions

בֹּהוּ bôhûw, bo'-hoo; from an unused root (meaning to be empty); a vacuity, i.e. (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin:—emptiness, void.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H922 in the following manner: void (2x), emptiness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H922 in the following manner: void (2x), emptiness (1x).

  1. emptiness, void, waste

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֹּהוּ bôhûw, bo'-hoo; from an unused root (meaning to be empty); a vacuity, i.e. (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin:—emptiness, void.
STRONGS H922: Abbreviations
† בֹּ֫הוּ noun [masculine] emptiness (on form see Ges§ 84a, 1 b Sta§ 95, 198 a, on usage compare LagOr. ii. 60 f.) always with תֹּהוּ which see; — תֹּהוּ וָבֹהוּ Genesis 1:2 of primeval earth; Jeremiah 4:23 of earth under judgment of י׳; קַֽו־תֹהוּ בֹהוּ וְאַבְנֵי Isaiah 34:11, the line of wasteness and the stones of emptiness, i.e. plummets, employed, not as usual for building, but for destroying walls; compare Di & see below אבן 6.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:2

Isaiah

34:11

Jeremiah

4:23

H922

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H922 matches the Hebrew בֹּהוּ (bôû),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:2 -

Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:11 -

Eagle owls[fn] and herons[fn] will possess it,

and long-eared owls and ravens will dwell there.

The LORD will stretch out a measuring line

and a plumb line over her

for her destruction and chaos.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:23 -

I looked at the earth,

and it was formless and empty.

I looked to the heavens,

and their light was gone.

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