Quick Definition
βυθός, οῦ, ὁ n.m. the deep sea
Strong's Definition
a variation of 899; depth, i.e. (by implication) the sea
KJV Usage: deep
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -οῦ | βυθίζω
1.73 · Geographical Objects and Features · Bodies of Water
open sea, high sea, the deep, ocean the relatively deep area of the sea or ocean sufficiently far from land as to be beyond the range of any protection from the seacoast In order to designate the high sea or the ocean, it may be necessary in some instances to speak of ‘the sea far from land’ or ‘the sea out of sight of land.’ People who live near the ocean and are seafaring frequently have quite distinct terms for different conditions of the sea, whether, for example, it is stormy, moderately rough, or relatively calm. Languages may also use different terms in speaking of different areas of the sea or ocean. Note, for example, in English the use of China Sea, North Sea, Bering Sea, in contrast with Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean. In English this contrast is relatively fixed, but it does reflect a gradation of size, since sea is used normally in speaking of smaller areas than is the case with ocean.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βυθός, -ov, ὁ, the bottom (of a ditch or trench, Xen. oec. 19,11); the bottom or depth of the sea, often in Grk. writ. fr. Aeschyl. Prom. 432 down; the sea itself, the deep sea: 2 Co. xi. 25, as in Ps. evi. (evii.) 24; so Lat. profundum in Lucan, Phars. 2, 680 “ profundi ora videns.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βυθός bythos 1x
the bottom, lowest part; the deep, sea, 2 Cor. 11:25*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βυθός, -οῦ, ὁ,
[in LXX: Ex 15:5, Ne 9:11 (מְצוֹלָה), Ps 67 (68):22 68 (69):2, 15 106 (107):24 (מְצוּלָה)* ;]
the bottom.
the depth of the sea, the deep sea: II Co 11:25.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
βυθός. P Oxy VI. 88610 (iii/A.p.) (= Selections, p. 111) ἐπικαλοῦ μὲν] (2) τὸν (ἥλιον) Ke τοὺς ἐν βυθῷ θεοὺς πάντας, * call upon the sun and all the gods in the deep”—in a magic formula. From the same kind of literature we may cite P βηθοῦ, ‘‘respirans enim poppysmum edit ex profundo,” and xxv. 28 ἐν τῷ βυθῷ τὴν δύναμιν ἔχουσαν ἐμοί, ‘in profundo potentiam habentem mihi” (Ed.). The word was prominent in Valentinian speculation, and it is not surprising that it should figure in magic papyri, which breathe a kindred air.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
βυθός (buthos) — the deep. βῠθός, ὁ, the depth, especially of the sea, [NT+4th c.BC+] __b generally, συνιζάνειν εἰς β. sink to the bottom, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ βυθοῦ κηκῖον αἷμα from the deep wound, [Refs 4th c.BC+] in the depth of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπέρκοσμος β. abyss, [Refs 5th c.AD+]