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(the representative in the A. V. of several Heb. words, especially úְּäåֹí , tehom', Gen_1:2, etc. an abyss, often rendered “depth;” ἄâõóóïò , Luk_8:31; Rom_10:7, elsewhere “bottomless pit'). The deep, or the great deep, in its literal sense, signifies, chiefly in Scripture —
1. Hell, the place of punishment, the bottomless pit (Luk_8:31; Rev_9:1; Rev_11:7).
2. The common receptacle of the dead; the grave, the deep or depths of the earth, under which the body is deposited: the state of the soul corresponding thereto, still more unseen, still deeper, still further distant from human inspection, is that remote country, that “bourne from whence no traveler returns” (Rom_10:7).
3. The deepest parts of the sea.(Psa_49:15; Psa_107:26).
4. The chaos, which, in the beginning of the world, was unformed and vacant (Gen_1:2). SEE ABYSS.