Strong's Hebrew · H8415
תְּהוֹם
tᵉhôwm · teh-home'
Definitionan abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
Derivationor תְּהֹם; (usually feminine) from H1949 (הוּם);
KJV usagedeep (place), depth.
Occurrences36 in the KJV · 35 verses
תְּהוֹם in Scripture
Genesis 1:2
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah' s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Genesis 8:2
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Genesis 49:25
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
Exodus 15:5
The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
Exodus 15:8
And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Deuteronomy 8:7
For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
Deuteronomy 33:13
And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
Job 28:14
The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Job 38:16
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
Job 38:30
The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
Job 41:32
He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
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