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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Deep


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(תּהום, tehōm; ἄβυσσος, ábussos, the King James Version; the King James Version; βάθος, báthos, ; βυθός, buthós, ): The Hebrew word (“water in commotion”) is used (1) of the primeval watery waste (), where some suggest a connection with Babylonian Tiamat in the creation-epic; (2) of the sea ( and commonly); (3) of the subterranean reservoir of water (; ; ; ; , etc.). In the Revised Version (British and American) the Greek word first noted is rendered, literally, “abyss.” See ABYSS; also ASTRONOMY, III, 7.