ʻâmaq — H6009

Definition

verb

to be (causatively, make) deep (literally or figuratively)

1. to be deep, be profound, make deep
1. (Qal) to be deep
2. (Hiphil) to make deep, make profound

Usually translated as

deep, deeply, depth, be profound

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• báthos (G899)
• bathýnō (G900)
• bathýs (G901)

Occurrences

ʻâmaq occurs 9 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Psalms (1), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (2), Hosea (2)

• Psalms 92:5 — O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep (עָמְק֥וּ).
• Isaiah 7:11 — Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth (הַעְמֵ֣ק), or in the height above.
• Isaiah 29:15 — Woe unto them that seek deep (הַמַּעֲמִיקִ֥ים) to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
• Isaiah 30:33 — For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep (הֶעְמִ֣יק) and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
• Isaiah 31:6 — Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply (הֶעְמִ֥יקוּ) revolted.
• Jeremiah 49:8 — Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep (הֶעְמִ֣יקוּ), O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.
• Jeremiah 49:30 — Flee, get you far off, dwell deep (הֶעְמִ֧יקוּ), 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.
• Hosea 5:2 — And the revolters are profound (הֶעְמִ֑יקוּ) to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.
• Hosea 9:9 — They have deeply (הֶעְמִֽיקוּ) corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.