Deep
עָמֹקStrong’s H6013amoq (a-moq)
Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Amoq is the Hebrew word usually translated “deep” and “unfathomable”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.”
Meaning
- Deep, mysterious, depthsdeep · unsearchable
How it's translated
- deep 14
- and deep 2
- unfathomable 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 7
- Proverbs 4
- Job 2
- Psalms 1
- Ecclesiastes 1
- Ezekiel 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 13:4If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:
- Leviticus 13:25Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
- Leviticus 13:30Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.
- Leviticus 13:31And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:
- Leviticus 13:32And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;
- Leviticus 13:34And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
Hebrew dictionary
עָמֹק amoq · deep
1) deep, mysterious, depths 1a) deep 1b) unsearchable
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.