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The deep

βυθόςStrong’s G1037

buthos

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Buthos is the Greek word usually translated “deep”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;”
2 Corinthians 11:25 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “deep”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • deep 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Corinthians 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    βυθός buthos · the deep

    βυθός, -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX: Exo.15:5, Neh.9:11 (מְצוֹלָה), Psa.67 (68):22 68 (69):2, 15 106 (107):24 (מְצוּלָה)* ;] 1. the bottom. 2. the depth of the sea, the deep sea: 2Co.11:25. † (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

    1. Extending or being far below the surface; descending far downward; profound; opposed to shallow; as deep water; a deep pit or well.
    2. Low in situation; being or descending far below the adjacent land; as a deep valley.
    3. Entering far; piercing a great way.
    4. Far from the outer part; secreted.
    All definitions and other forms of “deep”
    1. Not superficial or obvious; hidden; secret.“He discovereth deep things out of darkness” Job 12:22
    2. Remote from comprehension.
    3. Sagacious; penetrating; having the power to enter far into a subject; as a man of deep thought; a deep divine.
    4. Artful; contriving; concealing artifice; insidious; designing; as a friend, deep hollow treacherous.
    5. Grave in sound; low; as the deep tones of an organ.
    6. Very still; solemn; profound; as deep silence.
    7. Thick; black; not to be penetrated by the sight.
    8. Still; sound; not easily broken or disturbed.“The Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam” Genesis 2:21
    9. Depressed; sunk low, metaphorically; as deep poverty.
    10. Dark; intense; strongly colored; as a deep brown; a deep crimson; a deep blue.
    11. Unknown; unintelligible.“A people of deeper speech than thou canst perceive” Isaiah 33:19
    12. Heart-felt; penetrating; affecting; as a deep sense of guilt.
    13. Intricate; not easily understood or unraveled; as a deep plot or intrigue.

    DEEP, noun

    1. The sea; the abyss of waters; the ocean.
    2. A lake; a great collection of water.“Lanch out into the deep and let down your nets” Luke 5:4
    3. That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible.“Thy judgments are a great deep” Psalms 36:6
    4. 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.