Strong's Hebrew · H8415
H8415 tᵉhôwm
תְּהוֹם
teh-home'
abyss
tᵉhôwm appears 36 times in Scripture, including Genesis 1:2 and Exodus 15:5. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
In the King James Version
deep (place), depth.
Derivation
or תְּהֹם; (usually feminine) from H1949 (הוּם);
Appears 36 times in Scripture
“At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.”
“Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,”
“You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.”
“The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.”
“He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!”
“by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.”
“Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.”
“In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.”
“The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.”
“For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
