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Strong's #8415 - תְּהֹם

Transliteration
tᵉhôwm
Phonetics
teh-home', teh-home'
Origin
from (H1949)
Parts of Speech
Noun
TWOT
2495a
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

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

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 12 ‑ ἄβυσσος (ab'‑us‑sos);  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (36)
Genesis 4
Exodus 2
Deuteronomy 2
Job 4
Psalms 12
Proverbs 4
Isaiah 2
Ezekiel 3
Amos 1
Jonah 1
Habakkuk 1
NAS (37)
Genesis 4
Exodus 2
Deuteronomy 2
Job 4
Psalms 13
Proverbs 4
Isaiah 2
Ezekiel 3
Amos 1
Jonah 1
Habakkuk 1
HCS (36)
Genesis 4
Exodus 2
Deuteronomy 2
Job 4
Psalms 12
Proverbs 4
Isaiah 2
Ezekiel 3
Amos 1
Jonah 1
Habakkuk 1
BSB (39)
Genesis 7
Exodus 2
Deuteronomy 2
Job 4
Psalms 12
Proverbs 4
Isaiah 2
Ezekiel 3
Amos 1
Jonah 1
Habakkuk 1
ESV (81)
Genesis 4
Exodus 40
Deuteronomy 2
Job 4
Psalms 11
Proverbs 4
Song of Solomon 8
Isaiah 2
Ezekiel 3
Amos 1
Jonah 1
Habakkuk 1
WEB (36)
Genesis 4
Exodus 2
Deuteronomy 2
Job 4
Psalms 12
Proverbs 4
Isaiah 2
Ezekiel 3
Amos 1
Jonah 1
Habakkuk 1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1105) me (המ HM) AC: Roar CO: Sea AB: Tumult: The pictograph e represents a looking toward. The m is a picture of water. Combined these pictures mean "a looking toward the water". A large body of water seen as a place of chaos because of its storms, turbulent surf and the commotion of the waves.

A) me (המ HM) AC: Roar CO: Multitude AB: ?

jm ) nfme (המונ HMWN) - Multitude: A loud group. KJV (83): multitude, noise, tumult, abundance, many, store, company - Strongs: H1995 (הָמֹן)

B) mme (הממ HMM) AC: Destroy CO: Destruction AB: Destruction: An uproar.

V) mme (הממ HMM) - Destroy: A loud commotion. KJV (13): (vf: Paal) discomfit, destroy, vex, crush, break, consume, trouble - Strongs: H2000 (הָמַם)

H) eme (המה HMH) AC: Roar CO: Abundant AB: ?

V) eme (המה HMH) - R (vf: Paal) |kjv: roar, noise, disquieted, sound, troubled, aloud, loud - Strongs: H1993 (הָמָה)

Nm ) eme (המה HMH) - Abundant: KJV (1): any - Strongs: H1991 (הֵם)

ff1) eime (המיה HMYH) - R |kjv: noise - Strongs: H1998 (הֶמְיָה)

J) mfe (הומ HWM) AC: Roar CO: Sea AB: ?

V) mfe (הומ HWM) - R (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil) |kjv: rang, noise, move, destroy - Strongs: H1949 (הוּם)

if ) mfet (תהומ THWM) - Sea: A deep and tumultuous water. KJV (36): deep, depth - Strongs: H8415 (תְּהֹם)

kf1) emfem (מהומה MHWMH) - Tumult: KJV (12): destruction, trouble, vex, tumult, discomfiture - Strongs: H4103 (מְהוּמָה)

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 תִּהוֺם noun feminine Genesis 7:11 7t.

and masculine Job 28:14 5t. (Albr ZAW xvi (1896), 62 ii. 2. 167 Ency. Bib. DEEP) deep, sea, abyss (almost always in poetry); — absolute ׳ת Genesis 1:2 +; plural absolute תְּהֹמוֺת Psalm 77:17 +, etc., ׳בַּתּ Isaiah 63:13 + Isaiah 106:9 (only here with article); construct תְּהוֺמוֺת Isaiah 71:20 (but see 5 infra); —

1 deep, of subterranean waters, Genesis 49:25 (poem in J; opposed to שָׁמַיִם), Deuteronomy 33:13 (opposed to id.); ׳רַבָּה מַעְיְנוֺת ת Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:2 (P; "" אֲרֻבֹּת הַשָּׁמַיִם), ׳עִינוֺת ת Proverbs 8:28 ("" שְׁחָקִים), Job 28:14; Job 38:16 (both "" יָם); תְּהוֺם רַבָּה Amos 7:4 (probably), רַבָּה׳מִשְׁמָּטֶיךָ ת Psalm 36:7 (opposed to אֵל צִדְקָֽתְךָ כְּהַרְרֵי), Isaiah 51:10 (perhaps); so plural תְּהֹמוֺת, Proverbs 8:24 ("" מַעְיָנוֺת), Proverbs 3:20 (opposed to שְׁחָקִים), and probably Psalm 33:7 ("" מֵי הַיָּם), Psalm 135:6 ( + יַמִּים).

2 (deep) sea, overwhelming Tyre Ezekiel 26:19 ("" הַמַּיִם הָרַבִּים), roaring at theoph. Habakkuk 3:10; in General, "" יָם, Job 38:30 (׳מְּנֵי ת); "" מַיִם Jonah 2:6; alonE Job 41:24; figurative, קוֺרַא׳אֶלתֿ ׳ת Job 42:8 ("" מִשְׁבָּרִים, גַּלִּים; but possibly here of Jordan, compare

4); in plural = abysses of sea, Exodus 15:5,8 (of Red Sea, so) Isaiah 63:13 "" Psalm 106:9; Psalm 77:17; also Psalm 78:15 (in simile), Psalm 107:26 (poetic of hollows of great waves, opposed to שָׁמַיִם); vaguely, כָּלתְּֿהֹמוֺת Psalm 135:6; Psalm 148:7.

3 primaeval ocean, deep, in Hebrew cosmogony, ׳מְּנֵי ת Genesis 1:2 (P; "" מְּנֵי הַמַּיִם), Proverbs 8:27 ("" שָׁמַיִם), Psalm 104:6. — (compare, further, Gunk Schöpfung u. Chaos 21ff. OCWhitehouse Hast. DB COSMOGONY Zim KAT3. 492f., 509f., 585).

4 deep, depth, of river Ezekiel 31:4 (Nile; "" מַיִם, + נַהֲרוֺתֶיהָ), Ezekiel 31:15 ("" id.); plural of bursts of water fertilizing Canaan, יוצאיםבבקעה ובהר Deuteronomy 8:7 ( + עֲיָנֹת, נַחֲלֵי מַיִם). — On Psalm 42:8 see

2. 5. abyss (si vera lectio): תְּהוֺמוֺת הָאָרֶץ = Shejôl, Psalm 71:20, but Ol We תַּחְתִיּוֺת.

[תַּחְמֻּכָה] see הפך. תָּו see תוה. below,

תּוֺא see תְּאוֺ. [תּוֺאָם] see תאם.


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List of Word Forms
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