Deep (1):
(tehom; abussos, Luke 8:31 the King James Version; Romans 10:7 the King James Version; bathos, Luke 5:4; buthos, 2 Corinthians 11:25):
The Hebrew word ("water in commotion") is used
(1) of the primeval watery waste (Genesis 1:2), where some suggest a connection with Babylonian Tiamat in the creation-epic;
(2) of the sea (Isaiah 51:10 and commonly);
(3) of the subterranean reservoir of water (Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:2, Genesis 49:25, Deuteronomy 33:13, Ezekiel 31:4, etc.). In the Revised Version (British and American) the Greek word first noted is rendered, literally, "abyss." See ABYSS; also ASTRONOMY, sec. III, 7.
(2):
(tehom; abussos, Luke 8:31 the King James Version; Romans 10:7 the King James Version; bathos, Luke 5:4; buthos, 2 Corinthians 11:25):
The Hebrew word ("water in commotion") is used
(1) of the primeval watery waste (Genesis 1:2), where some suggest a connection with Babylonian Tiamat in the creation-epic;
(2) of the sea (Isaiah 51:10 and commonly);
(3) of the subterranean reservoir of water (Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:2, Genesis 49:25, Deuteronomy 33:13, Ezekiel 31:4, etc.). In the Revised Version (British and American) the Greek word first noted is rendered, literally, "abyss." See ABYSS; also ASTRONOMY, sec. III, 7.