Deep
βαθύςStrong’s G0901bathus
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Bathus is the Greek word usually translated “deep”, “very early” and “deeps”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.”
Meaning
Usually translated “deep”, “very early” and “deeps”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- deep 2
- very early 1
- deeps 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
- John 1
- Acts 1
- Revelation 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- John 4:11The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
- Acts 20:9And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
- Revelation 2:24But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
Greek dictionary
βαθύς bathus · deep
βαθύς (genitive -έως, vernac., Lk, l.with; Bl., §8, 5), -εῖα, -ύ, [in LXX chiefly for עמק ;] deep; Jhn.4:11; metaphorically, ὄρθρου βαθέως (see supr.), early dawn, Luk.24:1; ὕπνος, Act.20:9; τὰ β. τοῦ Σατανᾶ, Rev.2:24.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “deep” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEEP, adjective
- Extending or being far below the surface; descending far downward; profound; opposed to shallow; as deep water; a deep pit or well.
- Low in situation; being or descending far below the adjacent land; as a deep valley.
- Entering far; piercing a great way.
- Far from the outer part; secreted.
All definitions and other forms of “deep”
- Not superficial or obvious; hidden; secret.“He discovereth deep things out of darkness” Job 12:22
- Remote from comprehension.
- Sagacious; penetrating; having the power to enter far into a subject; as a man of deep thought; a deep divine.
- Artful; contriving; concealing artifice; insidious; designing; as a friend, deep hollow treacherous.
- Grave in sound; low; as the deep tones of an organ.
- Very still; solemn; profound; as deep silence.
- Thick; black; not to be penetrated by the sight.
- Still; sound; not easily broken or disturbed.“The Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam” Genesis 2:21
- Depressed; sunk low, metaphorically; as deep poverty.
- Dark; intense; strongly colored; as a deep brown; a deep crimson; a deep blue.
- Unknown; unintelligible.“A people of deeper speech than thou canst perceive” Isaiah 33:19
- Heart-felt; penetrating; affecting; as a deep sense of guilt.
- Intricate; not easily understood or unraveled; as a deep plot or intrigue.
DEEP, noun
- The sea; the abyss of waters; the ocean.
- A lake; a great collection of water.“Lanch out into the deep and let down your nets” Luke 5:4
- That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible.“Thy judgments are a great deep” Psalms 36:6
- The most still or solemn part; the midst; as, in deep of night.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.