Quick Definition
abyss
Strong's Definition
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
Derivation: or תְּהֹם; (usually feminine) from H1949 (הוּם);
KJV Usage: deep (place), depth.
TWOT Reference: 2495a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
תְּהוֹם (te.hom) — abyss. 1) deep, depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, sea 1a) deep (of subterranean waters) 1b) deep, sea, abysses (of sea) 1c) primeval ocean, deep 1d) deep, depth (of river) 1e) abyss, the grave
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f
Regions Under the Earth | Waterbodies | ≈ יָם · מַיִם · מַעֲמַקִּים · מְצֹולָה
ocean, great deep = great body of water located around and under the surface of the earth; when the world was newly created this water used to cover the earth as well; the subterranean water comes up to the surface of the earth through springs
GEN 1:2 · GEN 7:11 · GEN 8:2 · GEN 49:25 · EXO 15:5 · EXO 15:8 · DEU 33:13 · JOB 28:14 · JOB 38:16 · JOB 38:30 · JOB 41:24 · PSA 33:7 · PSA 36:7 · PSA 71:20 · PSA 77:17 · PSA 78:15 · PSA 104:6 · PSA 106:9 · PSA 107:26 · PSA 135:6 · PSA 148:7 · PRO 3:20 · PRO 8:24 · PRO 8:27 · PRO 8:28 · ISA 51:10 · ISA 63:13 · EZK 26:19 · EZK 31:4 · EZK 31:15 · AMO 7:4 · JON 2:6 · HAB 3:10
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
תְּהוֹם n.f. et m. deep, sea, abyss deep, of subterranean waters
(deep) sea
primaeval ocean, deep, in Heb. cosmogony
deep, depth
abyss
base