תְּהוֹם
tᵉhôwm · teh-home'
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
Lexicon
Derivation: or תְּהֹם; (usually feminine) from H1949 (הוּם);
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: deep (place), depth.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The mark, the covenant sign that works to reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תְּהוֹם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
36 occurrences · 36 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- deep5 · 14%
- the deep5 · 14%
- of the deep4 · 11%
- the depths3 · 8%
- the depth3 · 8%
- of the depth2 · 6%
- also of the deep1 · 3%
- and the depths1 · 3%
- and depths1 · 3%
- and for the deep1 · 3%
- unto deep1 · 3%
- from the depths1 · 3%
- depths1 · 3%
- it with the deep1 · 3%
- them through the depths1 · 3%
- again to the depths1 · 3%
- and all deep places1 · 3%
- and all deeps1 · 3%
- when there were no depths1 · 3%
- them through the deep1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.