Words the Bible translates as the deep
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- abussosἄβυσσοςthe abyss: the unfathomed depth beneath the earth, pictured as a sealed prison for evil spirits and, once, as the realm of the dead
- tehomתְּהוֹםthe deep: the vast cosmic body of water under and around the world, from the primeval ocean of creation to the springs beneath the ground and the unreachable depths of the sea
- bathosβάθοςdepth: how far something reaches down, and so how far anything goes past the point where it can be measured
- metsolahמְצוֹלָהthe deep: the deepest part of a body of water, the sea or river floor where things sink out of reach
- buthosβυθόςthe deepnot studied yet
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