Lexicon :: Strong's H8414 - tôû

תֹּהוּ

Transliteration

tôû

Pronunciation

to'-hoo

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From an unused root meaning to lie waste

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2494a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

תֹּהוּ tôhûw, to'-hoo; 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 Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H8414 in the following manner: vain (4x), vanity (4x), confusion (3x), without form (2x), wilderness (2x), nought (2x), nothing (1x), empty place (1x), waste (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness
1. formlessness (of primeval earth)
  1. nothingness, empty space
2. that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (fig)
3. wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places)
4. place of chaos
5. vanity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H8414: Abbreviations

† תֹּ֫הוּ noun masculine^{1 Samuel 12:21} (Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 112}) formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness (primary meaning difficult to seize; Vrss usually Κενόν, οὐδέν, μάταιον, inane, vacuum, vanum; compare Lag^{Or. ii. 60}; BN 144); —

1. formlessness, of primaeval earth Genesis 1:2 (P), of land reduced to primaeval chaos Jeremiah 4:23 (both + וָבֹהוּ and voidness), Isaiah 34:11 קַו־ת־׳ (|| אַבְנֵי בֹהוּ), Isaiah 45:18 בְרָאָהּ לֹא ת׳ (|| לָשֶׁבֶת יְצָרָתּ); Isaiah 24:10 קִרְיַתאתּ׳ city of chaos (of ruined city); = nothingness, empty space, Job 26:7 תֹּלֶה אֶרֶץ עַלתּֿ׳; of empty, trackless waste Deuteronomy 32:10 (|| מִדְבָּר), Job 6:18; Job 12:24 = Psalm 107:40.

2. figurative of what is empty, unreal, as idols 1 Samuel 12:21 (collective: אֲשֶׁר אַחֲרֵי הַתּ׳ לֹא יוֺעִילוּ), 1 Samuel 12:21; Isaiah 41:29 נִסְכֵּיהֶם רוּחַ וָת׳, Isaiah 44:9 (of idol-makers), groundless arguments or considerations, Isaiah 29:21 צַדִּיק וַיַּטּוּ בַתּ׳, Isaiah 59:4 moral unreality or falsehood בָּטוֺחַ עַלאתּ׳ (|| וְדַבֶּרשָֿׁוְא); = a thing of nought (compare Ecclus 41:10 מתהו אל תהו), Isaiah 40:17 (|| אַיִן אֶפֶס), Isaiah 40:23 עָשָׂה שֹׁפְטֵי אֶרֶץ כַּתּ׳ (|| לְאַיִן), worthlessness Isaiah 49:19 וְהֶבֶל כֹּחִי כִלֵּיתִי לְת׳ (|| לְרִיק יָגַעְתִּי); as adverb accusative Isaiah 45:19 I said not, תֹּהוּ בַקְּשׁוּנִי seek me emptily, to no purpose. compare Isaiah 29:13 וְתֹהוּ for וַתְּהִי.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:2

Deuteronomy

32:10

1 Samuel

12:21; 12:21; 12:21

Job

6:18; 12:24; 26:7

Psalms

107:40

Isaiah

24:10; 29:13; 29:21; 34:11; 40:17; 40:23; 41:29; 44:9; 45:18; 45:19; 49:19; 59:4

Jeremiah

4:23

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H8414 matches the Hebrew תֹּהוּ (tôû),
which occurs 20 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Gen 1:2

Gen 1:2 - And the earth^H776 was^H1961 without form,^H8414 and void;^H922 and darkness^H2822 was upon the face^H6440 of the deep.^H8415 And the Spirit^H7307 of God^H430 moved^H7363 upon^H5921 the face^H6440 of the waters.^H4325

Deu 32:10

Deu 32:10 - He found^H4672 him in a desert^H4057 land,^H776 and in the waste^H8414 howling^H3214 wilderness;^H3452 he led him about,^H5437 he instructed^H995 him, he kept^H5341 him as the apple^H380 of his eye.^H5869

1Sa 12:21

1Sa 12:21 - And turn ye not aside:^H5493 for then should ye go after^H310 vain^H8414 things, which cannot profit^H3276 nor deliver;^H5337 for they are vain.^H8414

Job 6:18

Job 6:18 - The paths^H734 of their way^H1870 are turned aside;^H3943 they go^H5927 to nothing,^H8414 and perish.^H6

Job 12:24

Job 12:24 - He taketh away^H5493 the heart^H3820 of the chief^H7218 of the people^H5971 of the earth,^H776 and causeth them to wander^H8582 in a wilderness^H8414 where there is no way.^H1870

Job 26:7

Job 26:7 - He stretcheth out^H5186 the north^H6828 over the empty place,^H8414 and hangeth^H8518 the earth^H776 upon nothing.^H1099

Psa 107:40

Psa 107:40 - He poureth^H8210 contempt^H937 upon princes,^H5081 and causeth them to wander^H8582 in the wilderness,^H8414 where there is no way.^H1870

Isa 24:10

Isa 24:10 - The city^H7151 of confusion^H8414 is broken down:^H7665 every house^H1004 is shut up,^H5462 that no man may come in.^H935

Isa 29:21

Isa 29:21 - That make a man^H120 an offender^H2398 for a word,^H1697 and lay a snare^H6983 for him that reproveth^H3198 in the gate,^H8179 and turn aside^H5186 the just^H6662 for a thing of nought.^H8414

Isa 34:11

Isa 34:11 - But the cormorant^H6893 and the bittern^H7090 shall possess^H3423 it; the owl^H3244 also and the raven^H6158 shall dwell^H7931 in it: and he shall stretch out^H5186 upon it the line^H6957 of confusion,^H8414 and the stones^H68 of emptiness.^H922

Isa 40:17

Isa 40:17 - All nations^H1471 before him are as nothing; and they are counted^H2803 to him less than nothing,^H657 and vanity.^H8414

Isa 40:23

Isa 40:23 - That bringeth^H5414 the princes^H7336 to nothing; he maketh^H6213 the judges^H8199 of the earth^H776 as vanity.^H8414

Isa 41:29

Isa 41:29 - Behold, they are all vanity;^H205 their works^H4639 are nothing:^H657 their molten images^H5262 are wind^H7307 and confusion.^H8414

Isa 44:9

Isa 44:9 - They that make^H3335 a graven image^H6459 are all of them vanity;^H8414 and their delectable things^H2530 shall not profit;^H3276 and they are their own witnesses;^H5707 they see^H7200 not, nor know;^H3045 that they may be ashamed.^H954

Isa 45:18

Isa 45:18 - For thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068 that created^H1254 the heavens;^H8064 God^H430 himself that formed^H3335 the earth^H776 and made^H6213 it; he hath established^H3559 it, he created^H1254 it not in vain,^H8414 he formed^H3335 it to be inhabited:^H3427 I am the LORD;^H3068 and there is none else.

Isa 45:19

Isa 45:19 - I have not spoken^H1696 in secret,^H5643 in a dark^H2822 place^H4725 of the earth:^H776 I said^H559 not unto the seed^H2233 of Jacob,^H3290 Seek^H1245 ye me in vain:^H8414 I the LORD^H3068 speak^H1696 righteousness,^H6664 I declare^H5046 things that are right.^H4339

Isa 49:4

Isa 49:4 - Then I said,^H559 I have laboured^H3021 in vain,^H7385 I have spent^H3615 my strength^H3581 for nought,^H8414 and in vain:^H1892 yet surely^H403 my judgment^H4941 is with the LORD,^H3068 and my work^H6468 with my God.^H430

Isa 59:4

Isa 59:4 - None calleth^H7121 for justice,^H6664 nor any pleadeth^H8199 for truth:^H530 they trust^H982 in vanity,^H8414 and speak^H1696 lies;^H7723 they conceive^H2029 mischief,^H5999 and bring forth^H3205 iniquity.^H205

Jer 4:23

Jer 4:23 - I beheld^H7200 the earth,^H776 and, lo, it was without form,^H8414 and void;^H922 and the heavens,^H8064 and they had no light.^H216

Lexicon :: Strong's H8414 - tôû

תֹּהוּ

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV