Deep

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Used to denote (1) the grave or the abyss (Rom 10:7; Luke 8:31); (2) the deepest part of the sea (Ps 69:15); (3) the chaos mentioned in Gen 1:2; (4) the bottomless pit, hell (Rev 9:1, 2; 11:7; 20:13).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

(tehom; abussos, Luke 8:31 the King James Version; Rom 10:7 the King James Version; bathos, Luke 5:4; buthos, 2 Cor 11:25):

The Hebrew word ("water in commotion") is used

(1) of the primeval watery waste (Gen 1:2), where some suggest a connection with Babylonian Tiamat in the creation-epic;

(2) of the sea (Isa 51:10 and commonly);

(3) of the subterranean reservoir of water (Gen 7:11; Gen 8:2; Gen 49:25; Deut 33:13; Ezek 31:4, etc. ). In the Revised Version (British and American) the Greek word first noted is rendered, literally, "abyss." See Abyss; also Astronomy, sec. III, 7.

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