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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 - The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was[fn] 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, the seventeenth day of the month, on that 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 - The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:25 - By the God of your father who will help you,
And by the Almighty who will bless you
With blessings of heaven above,
Blessings of the deep that lies beneath,
Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:5 - The depths have covered them;
They sank to the bottom like a stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:8 - And with the blast of Your nostrils
The waters were gathered together;
The floods stood upright like a heap;
The depths congealed 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 into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of 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 the LORD is his land,
With the precious things of heaven, with the dew,
And the deep lying beneath,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:14 - The deep says, ‘It is not in 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 entered the springs of the sea?
Or have you walked in search of the depths?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30 - The waters harden like stone,
And the surface of the deep is frozen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:32 - He leaves a shining wake behind him;
One would think the deep had white hair.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:7 - He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap;[fn]
He lays up the deep in storehouses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6 - Your righteousness is like the great mountains;
Your judgments are a great deep;
O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:7 - Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls;
All Your waves and billows have gone over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 - You, who have shown me great and severe troubles,
Shall revive me again,
And bring me 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 You, O God;
The waters saw You, they were afraid;
The depths also trembled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 - He split the rocks in the wilderness,
And gave them drink in abundance like the depths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:6 - You covered it with the deep as with a garment;
The waters stood above the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 - He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up;
So He led them through the depths,
As through the 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 again to the depths;
Their soul melts because of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:6 - Whatever the LORD pleases He does,
In heaven and in earth,
In the seas and in all deep places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:7 - Praise the LORD from the earth,
You great sea creatures and all the depths;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:20 - By His knowledge the depths were broken up,
And clouds 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 drew a circle on 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 He strengthened the fountains of the deep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:10 - Are You not the One who dried up the sea,
The waters of the great deep;
That made the depths of the sea a road
For the redeemed to cross over?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:13 - Who led them through the deep,
As a horse in the wilderness,
That they might not stumble?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:19 - “For thus says the Lord GOD: ‘When I make you a desolate city, like cities that are not inhabited, when I bring the deep upon you, and great waters cover you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:4 - The waters made it grow;
Underground waters gave it height,
With their rivers running around the place where it was planted,
And sent out rivulets to all the trees of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - “Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘In the day when it went down to hell, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it. I restrained its rivers, and the great waters were held back. I caused Lebanon to mourn 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 - Thus the Lord GOD showed me: Behold, the Lord GOD called for conflict by fire, and it consumed the great deep and devoured the territory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:5 - The waters surrounded me, even to my soul;
The deep closed around me;
Weeds were wrapped around my head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:10 - The mountains saw You and trembled;
The overflowing of the water passed by.
The deep uttered its voice,
And lifted its hands on high.
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