Tᵉhôwm — H8415

H8415 · Hebrew — תהום

Pronunciation: teh-home'

Other spellings: tᵉhôm תְּהֹם

Definition

masculine noun

an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)

  1. deep, depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, sea
    1. deep (of subterranean waters)
    2. deep, sea, abysses (of sea)
    3. primeval ocean, deep
    4. deep, depth (of river)
    5. abyss, the grave

Usually translated as

deep, depth

Origin

or tᵉhôm; (usually feminine) from H1949

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Tᵉhôwm occurs 36 times in 35 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Exodus (2), Deuteronomy (2), Job (4), Psalms (11), Proverbs (4), Isaiah (2), Ezekiel (3), Amos (1), Jonah (1), Habakkuk (1)

Strong's Lexicon — T