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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
Dictionary Aids

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

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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 - And the earth H776 was H1961 without form, H8414 and void; H922 and darkness H2822 was upon H5921 the face H6440 of the deep. H8415 And the Spirit H7307 of God H430 moved H7363 upon H5921 the face H6440 of the waters. H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:10 - He found him H4672 in a H776➔ desert H4057 land, ➔H776 and in the waste H8414 howling H3214 wilderness; H3452 he led him about, H5437 he instructed him, H995 he kept him H5341 as the apple H380 of his eye. H5869

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:21 - And H3808➔ turn ye H5493➔ not ➔H3808 aside: ➔H5493 for H3588 then should ye go after H310 vain H8414 things, which H834 cannot H3808 profit H3276 nor H3808 deliver; H5337 for H3588 they H1992 are vain. H8414

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:18 - The paths H734 of their way H1870 are turned aside; H3943 they go H5927 to nothing, H8414 and perish. H6

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:24 - He taketh away H5493 the heart H3820 of the chief H7218 of the people H5971 of the earth, H776 and causeth them to wander H8582 in a wilderness H8414 where there is no H3808 way. H1870

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:7 - He stretcheth out H5186 the north H6828 over H5921 the empty place, H8414 and hangeth H8518 the earth H776 upon H5921 nothing. H1099 H1099

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:40 - He poureth H8210 contempt H937 upon H5921 princes, H5081 and causeth them to wander H8582 in the wilderness, H8414 where there is no H3808 way. H1870

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:10 - The city H7151 of confusion H8414 is broken down: H7665 every H3605 house H1004 is shut up, H5462 that no man may come in. H935

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:21 - That make H2398➔ a man H120 an offender ➔H2398 for a word, H1697 and H3198➔ lay a snare H6983 for him that reproveth ➔H3198 in the gate, H8179 and turn aside H5186 the just H6662 for a thing of nought. H8414

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:11 - But H3423➔ the cormorant H6893 and the bittern H7090 shall possess it; ➔H3423 the owl also H3244 and the raven H6158 shall dwell H7931 in it: and he shall stretch out H5186 upon it H5921 the line H6957 of confusion, H8414 and the stones H68 of emptiness. H922

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:17 - All H3605 nations H1471 before him H5048 are as nothing; H369 and H657➔ they are counted H2803 to him less than nothing, ➔H657 and vanity. H8414

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:23 - That bringeth H5414 the princes H7336 to nothing; H369 he maketh H6213 the judges H8199 of the earth H776 as vanity. H8414

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9 - They that make H3335 a graven image H6459 are all of them H3605 vanity; H8414 and their delectable things H2530 shall H3276➔ not H1077 profit; ➔H3276 and H5707➔ they H1992 are their own witnesses; ➔H5707 they see H7200 not, H1077 nor H1077 know; H3045 that H4616 they may be ashamed. H954

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:18 - For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 that created H1254 the heavens; H8064 God H430 himself H1931 that formed H3335 the earth H776 and made it; H6213 he H1931 hath established it, H3559 he created it H1254 not H3808 in vain, H8414 he formed it H3335 to be inhabited: H3427 I H589 am the LORD; H3068 and H369➔ there is none ➔H369 else. H5750

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 - Then I H589 said, H559 I have laboured H3021 in vain, H7385 I have spent H3615 my strength H3581 for nought, H8414 and in vain: H1892 yet surely H403 my judgment H4941 is with H854 the LORD, H3068 and my work H6468 with H854 my God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4 - None H369 calleth H7121 for justice, H6664 nor H369 any pleadeth H8199 for truth: H530 they trust H982 in H5921 vanity, H8414 and speak H1696 lies; H7723 they conceive H2029 mischief, H5999 and bring forth H3205 iniquity. H205

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:23 - I beheld H7200 the earth, H776 and, lo, H2009 it was without form, H8414 and void; H922 and H413 the heavens, H8064 and H369➔ they H216➔ had no ➔H369 light. ➔H216
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