Words

ἄβυσσος G12

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Abyss (sg.); abysses (pl.)

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

the deep / the abyss

Note

Name-like cosmic noun, capitalised as in the Masoretic version (80); the article printed where the Greek has it. Luke 8:31; Rom 10:7; Rev 9:1–2

Rulings

5, 18, 80

Occurrences (3)

Genesis 1 (Septuagint)

• 1:2 Now the land was unseen and unfurnished, and darkness was above the Abyss; and a wind of God was borne above the water.

Genesis 7 (Septuagint)

• 7:11 In the six hundredth year in the life of Noah, of the second month, on the seventh and twentieth of the month, on this day all the springs of the Abyss burst, and the cataracts of the sky were opened;

Genesis 8 (Septuagint)

• 8:2 And the springs of the Abyss and the cataracts of the sky were uncovered, and the rain from the sky was constrained,