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Lexicon :: Strong's G12 - abyssos

Aa
ἄβυσσος
Transliteration
abyssos (Key)
Pronunciation
ab'-us-sos
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and a variation of βυθός (G1037)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:9,2

Strong’s Definitions

ἄβυσσος abyssos, ab'-us-sos; from G1 (as a negative particle) and a variation of G1037; depthless, i.e. (specially) (infernal) "abyss":—deep, (bottomless) pit.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G12 in the following manner: bottomless pit (5x), deep (2x), bottomless (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G12 in the following manner: bottomless pit (5x), deep (2x), bottomless (2x).

  1. bottomless

  2. unbounded

  3. the abyss

    1. the pit

    2. the immeasurable depth

    3. of Orcus, a very deep gulf or chasm in the lowest parts of the earth used as the common receptacle of the dead and especially as the abode of demons

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄβυσσος abyssos, ab'-us-sos; from G1 (as a negative particle) and a variation of G1037; depthless, i.e. (specially) (infernal) "abyss":—deep, (bottomless) pit.
STRONGS G12:
ἄβυσσος, in classic Greek an adjective, -ος, -ον, (from ὁ βυσσός equivalent to βυθός), bottomless (so perhaps in Wis. 10:19), unbounded (πλοῦτος ἄβυσσος, Aeschylus, the Sept. (931) 950). in the Scriptures ἡ ἄβυσσος (Sept. for תְּהום) namely, χώρα, the pit, the immeasurable depth, the abyss. Hence, of 'the deep' sea: Genesis 1:2; Genesis 7:11; Deuteronomy 8:7; Sir. 1:3 Sir. 16:18, etc.; of Orcus (a very deep gulf or chasm in the lowest parts of the earth: Psalm 70:21 (Ps. 71:20) ἐκ τῶν ἀβύσσων τῆς γῆς, Euripides, Phoen. 1632 (1605) ταρτάρου ἄβυσσα χάσματα, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 20, 5 ἀβύσσων ἀνεξιχνίαστα κλίματα, ibid. 59, 3 ὁ ἐπιβλέπων ἐν ταῖς ἀβύσσοις, of God; [Act. Thom. 32 ὁ τήν ἄβυσσον τοῦ ταρτάρου οἴκων, of the dragon]), both as the common receptacle of the dead, Romans 10:7, and especially as the abode of demons, Luke 8:31; Revelation 9:1; Revelation 9:11; Revelation 11:7; Revelation 17:8; Revelation 20:1, 3. Among secular authors used as a substantive only by Diogenes Laërtius 4 (5) 27 κατῆλθες εἰς μέλαιναν Πλουτέως ἄβυσσον. Cf. Knapp, Scripta var. Arg., p. 554f; [J. G. Müller, Philo's Lehre von der Weltschöpfung, p. 173f; B. D. American edition under the word Deep].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
1:2; 7:11
Deuteronomy
8:7
Psalms
71:20
Luke
8:31
Romans
10:7
Revelation
9:1; 9:11; 11:7; 17:8; 20:1; 20:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G12 matches the Greek ἄβυσσος (abyssos),
which occurs 36 times in 34 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:2 - And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 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 the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:2 - the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:7 - For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:13 - And of Joseph he said,
Blessed of Jehovah be his land,
For the precious things of heaven, for the dew,
And for the deep that coucheth beneath,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:14 -
The deep saith, It is not in me;
And the sea saith, It is not with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:16 -
Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress
Into a broad place, where there is no straitness;
And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:16 -
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea?
Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30 -
The waters hide themselves and become like stone,
And the face of the deep is frozen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:31 -
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot:
He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:32 -
He maketh a path to shine after him;
One would think the deep to be hoary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:7 -
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap:
He layeth up the deeps in store-houses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6 -
Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God;
Thy judgments are a great deep:
O Jehovah, thou preservest man and beast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:7 -
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls:
All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 -
Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles,
Wilt quicken us again,
And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:21 -
Increase thou my greatness,
And turn again and comfort me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:16 -
The waters saw thee, O God;
The waters saw thee, they were afraid:
The depths also trembled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 -
He clave rocks in the wilderness,
And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:6 -
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture;
The waters stood above the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 -
He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up:
So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:26 -
They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths:
Their soul melteth away because of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:6 -
Whatsoever Jehovah pleased, that hath he done,
In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:7 -
Praise Jehovah from the earth,
Ye sea-monsters, and all deeps;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:20 -
By his knowledge the depths were broken up,
And the skies drop down the dew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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 BoxIsa 44:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:27 - that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:10 - Is it not thou that driedst up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that madest the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:13 - that led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, so that they stumbled not?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:19 - For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and the great waters shall cover thee;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:4 - The waters nourished it, the deep made it to grow: the rivers thereof ran round about its plantation; and it sent out its channels unto all the trees of the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when he went down to Sheol I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the rivers thereof; and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:4 - Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:5 -
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul;
The deep was round about me;
The weeds were wrapped about my head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:10 -
The mountains saw thee, and were afraid;
The tempest of waters passed by;
The deep uttered its voice,
And lifted up its hands on high.
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