Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024
the Fourth Week after Easter
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!

Bible Encyclopedias
Deep

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Deems, Charles Force, D.D., LL.D.
Next Entry
Deer
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

(the representative in the A. V. of several Heb. words, especially תְּהוֹם, tehom', Genesis 1:2, etc. an abyss, often rendered "depth;" ἄβυσσος, Luke 8:31; Romans 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 (Luke 8:31; Revelation 9:1; Revelation 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" (Romans 10:7).

3. The deepest parts of the sea.(Psalms 49:15; Psalms 107:26).

4. The chaos, which, in the beginning of the world, was unformed and vacant (Genesis 1:2). (See ABYSS).

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Deep'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​d/deep.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
adsFree icon
Ads FreeProfile