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Lexicon :: Strong's H8414 - tôû

Aa
תֹּהוּ
Transliteration
tôû
Pronunciation
to'-hoo
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to lie waste
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TWOT Reference: 2494a

Strong’s Definitions

תֹּהוּ tôhûw, to'-hoo; from an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain:—confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H8414 in the following manner: vain (4x), vanity (4x), confusion (3x), without form (2x), wilderness (2x), nought (2x), nothing (1x), empty place (1x), waste (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H8414 in the following manner: vain (4x), vanity (4x), confusion (3x), without form (2x), wilderness (2x), nought (2x), nothing (1x), empty place (1x), waste (1x).

  1. formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness

    1. formlessness (of primeval earth)

      1. nothingness, empty space

    2. that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (fig)

    3. wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places)

    4. place of chaos

    5. vanity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תֹּהוּ tôhûw, to'-hoo; from an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain:—confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.
STRONGS H8414: Abbreviations
† תֹּ֫הוּ noun masculine1 Samuel 12:21 (AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 112) formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness (primary meaning difficult to seize; Vrss usually Κενόν, οὐδέν, μάταιον, inane, vacuum, vanum; compare LagOr. ii. 60; BN 144); —
1. formlessness, of primaeval earth Genesis 1:2 (P), of land reduced to primaeval chaos Jeremiah 4:23 (both + וָבֹהוּ and voidness), Isaiah 34:11 קַו־ת־׳ (|| אַבְנֵי בֹהוּ), Isaiah 45:18 בְרָאָהּ לֹא ת׳ (|| לָשֶׁבֶת יְצָרָתּ); Isaiah 24:10 קִרְיַתאתּ׳ city of chaos (of ruined city); = nothingness, empty space, Job 26:7 תֹּלֶה אֶרֶץ עַלתּֿ׳; of empty, trackless waste Deuteronomy 32:10 (|| מִדְבָּר), Job 6:18; Job 12:24 = Psalm 107:40.
2. figurative of what is empty, unreal, as idols 1 Samuel 12:21 (collective: אֲשֶׁר אַחֲרֵי הַתּ׳ לֹא יוֺעִילוּ), 1 Samuel 12:21; Isaiah 41:29 נִסְכֵּיהֶם רוּחַ וָת׳, Isaiah 44:9 (of idol-makers), groundless arguments or considerations, Isaiah 29:21 צַדִּיק וַיַּטּוּ בַתּ׳, Isaiah 59:4 moral unreality or falsehood בָּטוֺחַ עַלאתּ׳ (|| וְדַבֶּרשָֿׁוְא); = a thing of nought (compare Ecclus 41:10 מתהו אל תהו), Isaiah 40:17 (|| אַיִן אֶפֶס), Isaiah 40:23 עָשָׂה שֹׁפְטֵי אֶרֶץ כַּתּ׳ (|| לְאַיִן), worthlessness Isaiah 49:19 וְהֶבֶל כֹּחִי כִלֵּיתִי לְת׳ (|| לְרִיק יָגַעְתִּי); as adverb accusative Isaiah 45:19 I said not, תֹּהוּ בַקְּשׁוּנִי seek me emptily, to no purpose. compare Isaiah 29:13 Greek Version of the LXX וְתֹהוּ for וַתְּהִי.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:2

Deuteronomy

32:10

1 Samuel

12:21; 12:21; 12:21

Job

6:18; 12:24; 26:7

Psalms

107:40

Isaiah

24:10; 29:13; 29:21; 34:11; 40:17; 40:23; 41:29; 44:9; 45:18; 45:19; 49:19; 59:4

Jeremiah

4:23

H8414

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8414 matches the Hebrew תֹּהוּ (tôû),
which occurs 20 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:2 - And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:10 - He came to him in the waste land, in the unpeopled waste of sand: putting his arms round him and caring for him, he kept him as the light of his eye.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:21 - And do not go from the right way turning to those false gods in which there is no profit and no salvation, for they are false.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:18 - The camel-trains go out of their way; they go up into the waste and come to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:24 - He takes away the wisdom of the rulers of the earth, and sends them wandering in a waste where there is no way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:7 - By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:40 - He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:10 - The town is waste and broken down: every house is shut up, so that no man may come in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:21 - Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions in the public place, taking away a man's right without cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:11 - But the birds of the waste land will have their place there; it will be a heritage for the bittern and the raven: and it will be measured out with line and weight as a waste land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:17 - All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:23 - He makes rulers come to nothing; the judges of the earth are of no value.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:29 - Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9 - Those who make a pictured image are all of them as nothing, and the things of their desire will be of no profit to them: and their servants see not, and have no knowledge; so they will be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:18 - For this is the word of the Lord who made the heavens; he is God; the maker and designer of the earth; who made it not to be a waste, but as a living-place for man: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19 - I have not given my word in secret, in a place in the underworld; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Go into a waste land to make request of me: I the Lord say what is true, my word is righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 - And I said, I have undergone weariness for nothing, I have given my strength for no purpose or profit: but still the Lord will take up my cause, and my God will give me my reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4 - No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:23 - Looking at the earth, I saw that it was waste and without form; and to the heavens, that they had no light.
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