Bohu בֹּהוּ
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| בֹּהוּ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | bohu |
| Strong's number | H922 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | void |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (1) |
Bohu (Hebrew בֹּהוּ, Strong's H922) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “void”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
emptiness, void, waste
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | void (2), emptiness (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | void (2), destruction (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Bohu, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 1:2And 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.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 34:11But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 4:23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).