Tehom תְּהוֹם

Tehom (Hebrew תְּהוֹם, Strong's H8415) is a Hebrew noun meaning “abyss”. It occurs 36 times in 35 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Tehom, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 1:2
  And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
• Genesis 7:11
  In 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.In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
• Genesis 8:2
  The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
• Genesis 49:25
  Even 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:by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.

Exodus

• Exodus 15:5
  The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.
• Exodus 15:8
  And 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.At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 8:7
  For 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;For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;
• Deuteronomy 33:13
  And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,

Job

• Job 28:14
  The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’
• Job 38:16
  Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
• Job 38:30
  The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?
• Job 41:32
  He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!

Psalms

• Psalm 33:7
  He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
• Psalm 36:6
  Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
• Psalm 42:7
  Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
• Psalm 71:20
  Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
• Psalm 77:16
  The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.
• Psalm 78:15
  He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.
• Psalm 104:6
  Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
• Psalm 106:9
  He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
• Psalm 107:26
  They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.
• Psalm 135:6
  Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
• Psalm 148:7
  Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:Praise the LORD from the earth, all great sea creatures and ocean depths,

Proverbs

• Proverbs 3:20
  By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.
• Proverbs 8:24
  When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.
• Proverbs 8:27
  When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
• Proverbs 8:28
  When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,

Isaiah

• Isaiah 51:10
  Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
• Isaiah 63:13
  That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble?

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 26:19
  For thus saith the Lord God; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,
• Ezekiel 31:4
  The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.
• Ezekiel 31:15
  Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.

Amos

• Amos 7:4
  Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.

Jonah

• Jonah 2:5
  The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 3:10
  The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).