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.
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Deep
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2 Corinthians 11:25
Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
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Genesis
66 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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66 verses
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11 verses
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66 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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33 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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22 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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תְּהוֹם
tᵉhôwm · teh-home'
19 times translated as this KJV form36 total Strong's occurrences
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
Strong's KJV usage: deep (place), depth.
Strong's first: Genesis 1:2Strong's last: Habakkuk 3:10
Open full H8415 profile →עָמֹק
ʻâmôq · aw-moke'
7 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
deep (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: (× exceeding) deep (thing).
Strong's first: Psalms 64:6Strong's last: Ezekiel 23:32
Open full H6013 profile →מְצוֹלָה
mᵉtsôwlâh · mets-o-law'
5 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
a deep place (of water or mud)
Strong's KJV usage: bottom, deep, depth.
Strong's first: Job 41:31Strong's last: Jonah 2:3
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ʻâmaq · aw-mak'
5 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
to be (causatively, make) deep (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: (be, have, make, seek) deep(-ly), depth, be profound.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 92:5Strong's last: Jeremiah 49:30
Open full H6009 profile →ἄβυσσος
ábyssos · ab'-us-sos
2 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
depthless, i.e. (specially) (infernal) "abyss"
Strong's KJV usage: :--deep, (bottomless) pit.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 8:31Strong's last: Romans 10:7
Open full G12 profile →βάθος
báthos · bath'-os
2 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
profundity, i.e. (by implication) extent; (figuratively) mystery
Strong's KJV usage: :--deep(-ness, things), depth.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 5:4Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 8:2
Open full G899 profile →βαθύς
bathýs · bath-oos'
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
profound (as going down), literally or figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: :--deep, very early.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: John 4:11Strong's last: Acts 20:9
Open full G901 profile →מַעֲמָק
maʻămâq · mah-am-awk'
2 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
a deep
Strong's KJV usage: deep, depth.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 69:2Strong's last: Psalms 69:14
Open full H4615 profile →βαθύνω
bathýnō · bath-oo'-no
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
to deepen
Strong's KJV usage: :--deep.
Strong's first: Luke 6:48Strong's last: Luke 6:48
Open full G900 profile →βυθός
bythós · boo-thos'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
depth, i.e. (by implication) the sea
Strong's KJV usage: :--deep.
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 11:25Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 11:25
Open full G1037 profile →מִשְׁקָע
mishqâʻ · mish-kaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a settling place (of water), i.e. a pond
Strong's KJV usage: deep.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 34:18Strong's last: Ezekiel 34:18
Open full H4950 profile →עֲמִיק
ʻămîyq · am-eek'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
profound, i.e. unsearchable
Strong's KJV usage: deep.
Strong's first: Daniel 2:22Strong's last: Daniel 2:22
Open full H5994 profile →צוּלָה
tsûwlâh · tsoo-law'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
an abyss (of the sea)
Strong's KJV usage: deep.
Strong's first: Isaiah 44:27Strong's last: Isaiah 44:27
Open full H6683 profile →שָׁקַע
shâqaʻ · shaw-kah'
1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue
Strong's KJV usage: make deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezekiel 32:14Strong's last: Ezekiel 32:14
Open full H8257 profile →שֶׁרֶשׁ
sheresh · sheh'-resh
1 times translated as this KJV form33 total Strong's occurrences
a root (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: bottom, deep, heel, root.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 80:9Strong's last: Psalms 80:9
Open full H8328 profile →תַּרְדֵּמָה
tardêmâh · tar-day-maw'
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
a lethargy or (by implication) trance
Strong's KJV usage: deep sleep.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 33:15Strong's last: Job 33:15
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65 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.
H8415
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
H4688
These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
no direct Strong's tag
Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.
no direct Strong's tag
Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
H8415
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
H6013
The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
no direct Strong's tag
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
H6013
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
H6013
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
H6013
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
H6013
That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
no direct Strong's tag
For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
H6009
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
H6009
For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
H6683
That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
H8415
Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
H8415
That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?
H6009
Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.
H6009
Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.
H6013
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.
H8415
For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;
H8415
The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.
H8415
Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
H8257
Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord GOD.
H4950
Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
English meaning and historical usage.
Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.
deep
DEEP, adjective
1. Extending or being far below the surface; descending far downward; profound ; opposed to shallow; as deep water; a deep pit or well.
2. Low in situation; being or descending far below the adjacent land; as a deep valley.
3. Entering far; piercing a great way. A tree in a good soil takes deep root. A spear struck deep into the flesh.
4. Far from the outer part; secreted.
A spider deep ambushed in her den.
5. Not superficial or obvious; hidden; secret.
He discovereth deep things out of darkness. Job 12:22.
6. Remote from comprehension.
O Lord, thy thoughts are very deep Ps. Xcii.
7. Sagacious; penetrating; having the power to enter far into a subject; as a man of deep thought; a deep divine.
8. Artful; contriving; concealing artifice; insidious; designing; as a friend, deep hollow treacherous.
9. Grave in sound; low; as the deep tones of an organ.
10. Very still; solemn; profound; as deep silence.
11. Thick; black; not to be penetrated by the sight.
Now deeper darkness brooded on the ground.
12. Still; sound; not easily broken or disturbed.
The Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam. Genesis 2:21.
13. Depressed; sunk low, metaphorically; as deep poverty.
14. Dark; intense; strongly colored; as a deep brown; a deep crimson; a deep blue.
15. Unknown; unintelligible.
A people of deeper speech than thou canst perceive. Isaiah 33:19.
16. Heart-felt; penetrating; affecting; as a deep sense of guilt.
17. Intricate; not easily understood or unraveled; as a deep plot or intrigue.
This word often qualifies a verb, like an adverb.
Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring.
DEEP, noun
1. The sea; the abyss of waters; the ocean.
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot. Job x1i.
2. A lake; a great collection of water.
Lanch out into the deep and let down your nets. Luke 5:4.
3. That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible.
Thy judgments are a great deep Psalms 36:6.
4. The most still or solemn part; the midst; as, in deep of night.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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