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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

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 - And the earth H776 was a [fn]formless H8414 and desolate H922 emptiness H922, and darkness H2822 was over H5921 the [fn]surface H6440 of the deep H8415, and the Spirit H7307 of God H430 was hovering H7363 over H5921 the [fn]surface H6440 of the waters H4325.

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“He found H4672 him in a desert H4057 land H776,

And in the howling H3214 wasteland H8414 of a wilderness H3452;

He encircled H5437 him, He cared H995 for him,

He guarded H5341 him as the [fn]apple H380 of His eye H5869.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:21 - “Indeed, you must not turn H5493 aside H5493, for then you would go after H310 useless H8414 things H8414 which H834 cannot benefit H3276 or save H5337, because H3588 they are useless H8414.

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“The [fn]paths H734 of their course H1870 wind H3943 along H3943,

They go H5927 up H5927 into wasteland H8414 and perish H6.

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“He deprives H5493 the leaders H7218 of the earth’s H776 people H5971 of [fn]intelligence H3820

And makes them wander H8582 in a pathless H3808 H1870 wasteland H8414.

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“He stretches H5186 out H5186 the north H6828 over H5921 empty H8414 space H8414

And hangs H8518 the earth H776 on nothing H1099 H4100.

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He pours H8210 contempt H937 upon noblemen H5081

And makes them wander H8582 in a pathless H3808 H1870 wasteland H8414.

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The city H7151 of chaos H8414 is broken H7665 down H7665;

Every H3605 house H1004 is shut H5462 up H5462 so H4480 that H4480 no H4480 one H4480 may enter H935.

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Who [fn]cause a person H120 to be indicted H2398 by a word H1697,

And set H6983 a H6983 trap H6983 for the arbitrator H3198 at the gate H8179,

And [fn]defraud H5186 the one H6662 in H6662 the H6662 right H6662 with [fn]meaningless H8414 arguments H8414.

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But [fn]pelican H6893 and hedgehog H7090 will possess H3423 it,

And [fn]owl H3244 and raven H6158 will dwell H7931 in it;

And He will stretch H5186 over H5921 it the line H6957 of [fn]desolation H8414

And the [fn]plumb H68 line H68 of emptiness H922.

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All H3605 the nations H1471 are as nothing H369 before H5048 Him,

They are regarded H2803 by Him as less H4480 than H4480 nothing H657 and [fn]meaningless H8414.

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It is He who reduces H5414 rulers H7336 to nothing H369,

Who makes H6213 the judges H8199 of the earth H776 [fn]meaningless H8414.

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“Behold H2005, all H3605 of them are [fn]false H205;

Their works H4639 are nothing H657,

Their cast H5262 metal H5262 images H5262 are wind H7307 and emptiness H8414.

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Those who fashion H3335 an idol H6459 are all H3605 futile H8414, and their treasured H2530 things H2530 are of no H1077 benefit H3276; even their own witnesses H5707 fail H1077 to see H7200 or know H3045, so H4616 that H4616 they will be put H954 to H954 shame H954.

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For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559, He who created H1254 the heavens H8064 (He is the God H430 who formed H3335 the earth H776 and made H6213 it, He established H3559 it and did not create H1254 it [fn]as a waste H8414 place H8414, but formed H3335 it to be inhabited H3427):

“I am the LORD H3068, and there H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 else H5750.

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“I have not spoken H1696 in secret H5643,

In [fn]some H4725 dark H2822 land H776;

I did not say H559 to the [fn]offspring H2233 of Jacob H3290,

‘Seek H1245 Me in [fn]a wasteland H8414’;

I, the LORD H3068, speak H1696 righteousness H6664,

Declaring H5046 things H4339 that H4339 are H4339 right H4339.

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But I said H559, “I have labored H3021 in vain H7385,

I have spent H3615 My strength H3581 for nothing H8414 and futility H1892;

Nevertheless H403, the justice H4941 due to Me is with the LORD H3068,

And My reward H6468 is with My God H430.”

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No H369 one H369 sues H7121 righteously H6664 and no H369 one H369 pleads H8199 [fn]honestly H530.

They trust H982 in confusion H8414 and speak H1696 lies H7723;

They conceive H2029 trouble H5999 and give H3205 birth H3205 to disaster H205.

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I looked H7200 at the earth H776, and behold H2009, it was a [fn]formless H8414 and desolate H922 emptiness H922;

And to the heavens H8064, and they had H369 no H369 light H216.

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