Strong G899βάθος
depth
- Transliteration
- bathos
- Pronunciation
- bath'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From the same as G901; profundity that is (by implication) extent; (figuratively) mystery: - deep (-ness things) depth.
Detailed definition
βάθος, -εος (-ους), τό,
[in LXX for מְצוּלָה,תַּחְתִּי, etc.;]
depth: Mat.13:5, Mrk.4:5, Rom.8:39, Eph.3:18; τὸ β., the deep sea: Luk.5:4; metaphorically, β. πλούτου... Θεοῦ, Rom.11:33; τὰ β. τ. Θεοῦ (the Divine counsels), 1Co.2:10; ἡ κατὰ βάθους πτωχεία, deep poverty, 2Co.8:2.†
(AS)
[in LXX for מְצוּלָה,תַּחְתִּי, etc.;]
depth: Mat.13:5, Mrk.4:5, Rom.8:39, Eph.3:18; τὸ β., the deep sea: Luk.5:4; metaphorically, β. πλούτου... Θεοῦ, Rom.11:33; τὰ β. τ. Θεοῦ (the Divine counsels), 1Co.2:10; ἡ κατὰ βάθους πτωχεία, deep poverty, 2Co.8:2.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G899 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- depth5
- deep2
- deepness1
- thing1
First verses
- Matthew 13:5Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
- Mark 4:5And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
- Luke 5:4Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
- Romans 8:39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 11:33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
- 1 Corinthians 2:10But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
- 2 Corinthians 8:2How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
- Ephesians 3:18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
- Revelation 2:24But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
βάθος [ᾰ], εος, τό,
(βαθύς) depth or height, accusative as measured up or down, Ταρτάρου βάθη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1029; αἰθέρος βάθος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1297, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1715)]; βάθους μετέχειν to be a solid, possessing depth as well as length and breadth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 528b; εἴτ᾽ ἐν βάθεσιν εἴτ᾽ ἐν τάχεσιν [prev. author] “Plt.” 299e; βάθους αὔξη [prev. author] “R.” 528d)]; opposed to μῆκος, πλάτος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 209a5; μεγέθους τὸ ἐπὶ τρία [συνεχὲς] β. [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1020a12)]: with Preps., ἐκ βάθεος in depth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186)]; ἐκ βάθους through and through, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.8.10; εἰς βάθος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 386a23, +others; ἐν βάθει [prev. author] “Sens.” 440a14, etc.; κατὰ βάθους [prev. author] “Mete.” 339b12)]; κατὰ βάθος in a descending scale, metaphorically of causation, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 95)]: frequently in military sense, depth of a line of battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.4.13, etc.; ἐπὶ βάθος τάσσεσθαι)]in depth of line, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.68; ἐς β. ἐκτάξαι 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.4)]; β. τριχῶν, of long thick hair, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.9; ἄτομα πώγωνος βάθη 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 14.7)]; interior of a country, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.3.7, +others)]; depth, of perspective in a picture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.AD: Procopius Gazaeus Rhetor “ἔκφρασις ὡρολογίου” p.157 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus: _plural_, βάθη)]depths, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 44d, etc.)]; deep water, opposed to shallows near shore, [LXX+NT+4th c.BC+ (LXX.Psa.68(69).2, +others, NT.Luke.5.4; ἐν τοῖς βάθεσιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 599b9.)]
b Astron., ={ταπείνωμα}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 241.26.)]
2 metaphorically, κακῶν ὁρῶν β. [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 465; ἢ μακροῦ πλούτου βάθει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 130, cf. NT.Rom.11.33; β. ἡγεμονίας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 53)]; depth of mind, β. τι ἔχειν γενναῖον, of Parmenides, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 184a)]; ἐν βάθει πόσιος deep in drink, [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.29; β. καρδίας ἀνθρώπου LXX.Jdt.8.14)]; τὰ β. τοῦ θεοῦ, τοῦ Σατανᾶ, [NT (NT.1Cor.2.10, NT.Rev.2.24.)]
3 of literal style, bathos, ὕψους ἢ β. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 2.1. (Substituted for βένθος under the influence of βαθύς.))]
(βαθύς) depth or height, accusative as measured up or down, Ταρτάρου βάθη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1029; αἰθέρος βάθος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1297, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1715)]; βάθους μετέχειν to be a solid, possessing depth as well as length and breadth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 528b; εἴτ᾽ ἐν βάθεσιν εἴτ᾽ ἐν τάχεσιν [prev. author] “Plt.” 299e; βάθους αὔξη [prev. author] “R.” 528d)]; opposed to μῆκος, πλάτος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 209a5; μεγέθους τὸ ἐπὶ τρία [συνεχὲς] β. [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1020a12)]: with Preps., ἐκ βάθεος in depth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186)]; ἐκ βάθους through and through, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.8.10; εἰς βάθος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 386a23, +others; ἐν βάθει [prev. author] “Sens.” 440a14, etc.; κατὰ βάθους [prev. author] “Mete.” 339b12)]; κατὰ βάθος in a descending scale, metaphorically of causation, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 95)]: frequently in military sense, depth of a line of battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.4.13, etc.; ἐπὶ βάθος τάσσεσθαι)]in depth of line, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.68; ἐς β. ἐκτάξαι 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.4)]; β. τριχῶν, of long thick hair, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.9; ἄτομα πώγωνος βάθη 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 14.7)]; interior of a country, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.3.7, +others)]; depth, of perspective in a picture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.AD: Procopius Gazaeus Rhetor “ἔκφρασις ὡρολογίου” p.157 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus: _plural_, βάθη)]depths, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 44d, etc.)]; deep water, opposed to shallows near shore, [LXX+NT+4th c.BC+ (LXX.Psa.68(69).2, +others, NT.Luke.5.4; ἐν τοῖς βάθεσιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 599b9.)]
b Astron., ={ταπείνωμα}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 241.26.)]
2 metaphorically, κακῶν ὁρῶν β. [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 465; ἢ μακροῦ πλούτου βάθει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 130, cf. NT.Rom.11.33; β. ἡγεμονίας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 53)]; depth of mind, β. τι ἔχειν γενναῖον, of Parmenides, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 184a)]; ἐν βάθει πόσιος deep in drink, [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.29; β. καρδίας ἀνθρώπου LXX.Jdt.8.14)]; τὰ β. τοῦ θεοῦ, τοῦ Σατανᾶ, [NT (NT.1Cor.2.10, NT.Rev.2.24.)]
3 of literal style, bathos, ὕψους ἢ β. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 2.1. (Substituted for βένθος under the influence of βαθύς.))]