Strong G901βαθύς
deep
- Transliteration
- bathus
- Pronunciation
- bath-oos'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From the base of G939; profound (as going down) literally or figuratively: - deep very early.
Detailed definition
βαθύς (genitive -έως, vernac., Lk, l.with; Bl., §8, 5), -εῖα, -ύ,
[in LXX chiefly for עמק;]
deep; Jhn.4:11; metaphorically, ὄρθρου βαθέως (see supr.), early dawn, Luk.24:1; ὕπνος, Act.20:9; τὰ β. τοῦ Σατανᾶ, Rev.2:24.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for עמק;]
deep; Jhn.4:11; metaphorically, ὄρθρου βαθέως (see supr.), early dawn, Luk.24:1; ὕπνος, Act.20:9; τὰ β. τοῦ Σατανᾶ, Rev.2:24.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G901 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- deep2
- very1
First verses
- Luke 24:1Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
- John 4:11The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
- Acts 20:9And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
βᾰθύς, βαθεῖα
Ionic dialect βαθέᾰ, βαθύ; feminine βαθύς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 37, 3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus 8)]; genitive βαθέος, βαθείας Ionic dialect βαθέης: dative βαθέϊ, βαθείῃ Ionic dialect βαθέῃ: comparative βαθύτερος, poetry βαθίων [ῑ Attic dialect, ῐ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.43], _Doric dialect_ βάσσων (which see): _superlative_ βαθύτατος, poetry βάθιστος)]:—deep or high, accusative to one's position, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.)]; βαθέης ἐξάλλεται αὐλῆς a court within a high fence, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.142, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.239)]; ἠϊόνος προπάροιθε βαθείης the deep, i.e. wide, shore, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.92; τάφρος 7.341, +others; κρατήρ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 563)]; κύλικες [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 1200 (Lyric poetry))]; βαθὺ πτῶμα a fall from a high rock, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 796)]; πλευρὰ βαθυτάτη (vulgar form βαρυτάτη), of an athlete, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1193)]; of a line of battle, βαθύτεραι φάλαγγες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 11.6, compare “HG” 2.4.34)]; β. τομή, πληγή, a deep cut, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.131a, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 35.)]
2 deep or thick in substance, of a mist, ἠέρα βαθεῖαν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.7, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.144)]; of sand, ἀμάθοιο βαθείης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.587; ἐπὶ θῖνα βαθύν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.32)]; of ploughed land, νειοῖο βαθείης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.353)]; β. γῆ, opposed to to stony ground, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 637, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.18.1)]; of luxuriant growth, deep, thick, of woods, etc., βαθείης τάρφεσιν ὕλης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.555; βαθείης ἐκ ξυλόχοιο 11.415; βαθὺ λήϊον 2.147, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 107; τοῦ ληΐου τὸ.. βαθύτατον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92. ; λειμών 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 652; σῖτος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.17; χλόα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1139 (Lyric poetry))]; χαίτη, τρίχες, πώγων, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.66, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 4.8, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 41.)]
2.b deep, of colour, [Refs (“PHolm.” 21.9)]: comparative, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 6.6, 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 2.13, πορφύριον -ύτερον “PLond.” 3.899.4 (2nd c.AD).)]
3 of quality, strong, violent, βαθείῃ λαίλαπι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.306.)]
3.b generally, copious, abundant, β. κλᾶρος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.62)]; β. ἀνήρ a rich man, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 11.10; β. οἶκος 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Cererem” 113; β. πλοῦτος 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 3.18, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.82b)]; β. χρέος deep debt, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).8; στεφάνων β. τέρψις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1200 (Lyric poetry); β. κλέος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.53; κίνδυνος [prev. author] “P.” 4.207)]; β. ὕπνος deep sleep, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 8.65, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.170, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMar.” 2.3; εἰρήνη [prev. author] “Tox.” 36; σιωπή 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Μιθριδάτειος” 99, “BC” 4.109 (_superlative_).)]
4 of the mind, ἄχος ὀξὺ κατὰ φρένα τύψε β. in the depths of his soul, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.125)]; but also, profound, φρήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.8; φροντίς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 407; μέριμνα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.60; βαθεῖαν ἄλοκα διὰ φρενὸς καρπούμενος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 593; μουσικὴ πρᾶγμ᾽ ἐστὶ β. 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 336)]; βαθύτερα ἤθη more sedate natures, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 930a)] (but, more recondite, i.e. civilized, manners, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.95))]: of persons, deep, wise, β. τῇ φύσει στρατηγός [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 27.4; ταῖς ψυχαῖς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.24.9)]; also, deep, crafty, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 1001; ἦθος 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.468.)]
5 of time, β. ὄρθρος dim twilight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 216, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 43a, etc.)]; β. νύξ a late hour in the night, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 34; περὶ ἑσπέραν β. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.179e, compare 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 4.18.3; βαθὺ τῆς ἡλικίας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 514)]; β. γῆρας conjecture in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.163 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus), compare 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Vitae Sophistarum” p.457 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, +others; β. ὥρα ἔτους 2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 1.7.)]
II adverb -έως[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 8.66)]; profoundly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Parmenidem commentarii” p.475 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]: superlative βαθύτατα, γηρῶν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 2.36. (bṇqu/s, compare βένθος.))]
Ionic dialect βαθέᾰ, βαθύ; feminine βαθύς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 37, 3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus 8)]; genitive βαθέος, βαθείας Ionic dialect βαθέης: dative βαθέϊ, βαθείῃ Ionic dialect βαθέῃ: comparative βαθύτερος, poetry βαθίων [ῑ Attic dialect, ῐ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.43], _Doric dialect_ βάσσων (which see): _superlative_ βαθύτατος, poetry βάθιστος)]:—deep or high, accusative to one's position, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.)]; βαθέης ἐξάλλεται αὐλῆς a court within a high fence, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.142, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.239)]; ἠϊόνος προπάροιθε βαθείης the deep, i.e. wide, shore, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.92; τάφρος 7.341, +others; κρατήρ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 563)]; κύλικες [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 1200 (Lyric poetry))]; βαθὺ πτῶμα a fall from a high rock, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 796)]; πλευρὰ βαθυτάτη (vulgar form βαρυτάτη), of an athlete, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1193)]; of a line of battle, βαθύτεραι φάλαγγες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 11.6, compare “HG” 2.4.34)]; β. τομή, πληγή, a deep cut, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.131a, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 35.)]
2 deep or thick in substance, of a mist, ἠέρα βαθεῖαν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.7, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.144)]; of sand, ἀμάθοιο βαθείης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.587; ἐπὶ θῖνα βαθύν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.32)]; of ploughed land, νειοῖο βαθείης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.353)]; β. γῆ, opposed to to stony ground, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 637, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.18.1)]; of luxuriant growth, deep, thick, of woods, etc., βαθείης τάρφεσιν ὕλης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.555; βαθείης ἐκ ξυλόχοιο 11.415; βαθὺ λήϊον 2.147, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 107; τοῦ ληΐου τὸ.. βαθύτατον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92. ; λειμών 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 652; σῖτος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.17; χλόα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1139 (Lyric poetry))]; χαίτη, τρίχες, πώγων, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.66, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 4.8, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 41.)]
2.b deep, of colour, [Refs (“PHolm.” 21.9)]: comparative, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 6.6, 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 2.13, πορφύριον -ύτερον “PLond.” 3.899.4 (2nd c.AD).)]
3 of quality, strong, violent, βαθείῃ λαίλαπι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.306.)]
3.b generally, copious, abundant, β. κλᾶρος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.62)]; β. ἀνήρ a rich man, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 11.10; β. οἶκος 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Cererem” 113; β. πλοῦτος 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 3.18, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.82b)]; β. χρέος deep debt, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).8; στεφάνων β. τέρψις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1200 (Lyric poetry); β. κλέος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.53; κίνδυνος [prev. author] “P.” 4.207)]; β. ὕπνος deep sleep, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 8.65, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.170, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMar.” 2.3; εἰρήνη [prev. author] “Tox.” 36; σιωπή 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Μιθριδάτειος” 99, “BC” 4.109 (_superlative_).)]
4 of the mind, ἄχος ὀξὺ κατὰ φρένα τύψε β. in the depths of his soul, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.125)]; but also, profound, φρήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.8; φροντίς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 407; μέριμνα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.60; βαθεῖαν ἄλοκα διὰ φρενὸς καρπούμενος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 593; μουσικὴ πρᾶγμ᾽ ἐστὶ β. 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 336)]; βαθύτερα ἤθη more sedate natures, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 930a)] (but, more recondite, i.e. civilized, manners, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.95))]: of persons, deep, wise, β. τῇ φύσει στρατηγός [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 27.4; ταῖς ψυχαῖς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.24.9)]; also, deep, crafty, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 1001; ἦθος 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.468.)]
5 of time, β. ὄρθρος dim twilight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 216, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 43a, etc.)]; β. νύξ a late hour in the night, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 34; περὶ ἑσπέραν β. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.179e, compare 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 4.18.3; βαθὺ τῆς ἡλικίας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 514)]; β. γῆρας conjecture in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.163 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus), compare 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Vitae Sophistarum” p.457 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, +others; β. ὥρα ἔτους 2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 1.7.)]
II adverb -έως[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 8.66)]; profoundly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Parmenidem commentarii” p.475 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]: superlative βαθύτατα, γηρῶν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 2.36. (bṇqu/s, compare βένθος.))]