Mᵉtsôwlâh — H4688

Definition

feminine noun

a deep place (of water or mud)

1. depth, the deep, the deep sea

Usually translated as

deep, bottom, depth

Origin

or mᵉtsôlâh; also mᵉtsûwlâh; or mᵉtsulâh; from the same as H6683

• Same as Tsûwlâh (H6683)

Greek equivalents

• ábyssos (G12)
• báthos (G899)
• bythós (G1037)
• thánatos (G2288)

Occurrences

Mᵉtsôwlâh occurs 11 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Nehemiah (1), Job (1), Psalms (5), Jonah (1), Micah (1), Zechariah (1)

• Exodus 15:5 — The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom (בִמְצוֹלֹ֖ת) as a stone.
• Nehemiah 9:11 — And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps (בִמְצוֹלֹ֛ת), as a stone into the mighty waters.
• Job 41:31 — He maketh the deep (מְצוּלָ֑ה) to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
• Psalms 68:22 — The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths (מִֽמְּצֻל֥וֹת) of the sea:
• Psalms 69:2 — I sink in deep (מְ֭צוּלָה) mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
• Psalms 69:15 — Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep (מְצוּלָ֑ה) swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
• Psalms 88:6 — Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps (בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת).
• Psalms 107:24 — These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep (בִּמְצוּלָֽה).
• Jonah 2:3 — For thou hadst cast me into the deep (מְצוּלָה֙), in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
• Micah 7:19 — He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths (בִּמְצֻל֥וֹת) of the sea.
• Zechariah 10:11 — And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps (מְצוּל֣וֹת) of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.