Strong's Hebrew · H8415

תְּהוֹם

tᵉhôwm · teh-home'

deep (place), depth.

Definition

an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)

Derivation

or תְּהֹם; (usually feminine) from H1949 (הוּם);

Appears 36 times in Scripture

Exodus 15:8

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.

Deuteronomy 33:13

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,

Psalms 104:6

You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

Genesis 8:2

The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

Job 41:32

He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!

Genesis 49:25

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.

Genesis 1:2

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.

Genesis 7:11

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.

Exodus 15:5

The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.

Deuteronomy 8:7

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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