Strong's H8414 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: תֹּהוּ (tôhûw)

Pronunciation: to'-hoo

POS: to'-hoo Morph: n-m

Exegesis: from an unused root meaning to lie waste;

Definition: from an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain; confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.

KJV Usage: confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. 1) formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness
• 2. 1a) formlessness (of primeval earth)
• 3. 1a1) nothingness, empty space
• 4. 1b) that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (fig)
• 5. 1c) wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places)
• 6. 1d) place of chaos
• 7. 1e) vanity

Cross References[edit | edit source]

• GREEK G94
• GREEK G517
• GREEK G1373
• GREEK G2048
• GREEK G2756
• GREEK G3152

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