tehom (abyss) · Rightly

Meaning

Deep, depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, seadeep (of subterranean waters) · deep, sea, abysses (of sea) · primeval ocean, deep · deep, depth (of river) · abyss, the grave

How it's translated

deep 21
deeps 8
in the deeps 2
and deeps 1
and from deep 1
and from depths of 1
like deeps 1
depths 1

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

Where it's used most

Psalms 11
Genesis 4
Job 4
Proverbs 4
Ezekiel 3
Exodus 2

11 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Genesis 8:2The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Genesis 49:25Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
Exodus 15:5The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
Exodus 15:8And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Deuteronomy 8:7For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

All 35 verses, by book

Genesis 4: 1:2 7:11 8:2 49:25
Exodus 2: 15:5 15:8
Deuteronomy 2: 8:7 33:13
Job 4: 28:14 38:16 38:30 41:32
Psalms 11: 33:7 36:6 42:7 71:20 77:16 78:15 104:6 106:9 107:26 135:6 148:7
Proverbs 4: 3:20 8:24 8:27 8:28
Isaiah 2: 51:10 63:13
Ezekiel 3: 26:19 31:4 31:15
Amos 1: 7:4
Jonah 1: 2:5
Habakkuk 1: 3:10

Hebrew dictionary

תְּהוֹם tehom · abyss

1) deep, depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, sea 1a) deep (of subterranean waters) 1b) deep, sea, abysses (of sea) 1c) primeval ocean, deep 1d) deep, depth (of river) 1e) abyss, the grave

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.