The meaning of “תֹּהוּ”
Understanding tôhûw reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness. - a desolation (of su...
תֹּהוּ
confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness. - a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert - figuratively, a worthless thing - adverbially, in vain 1) formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness 1a) formlessness (of primeval earth) 1a1) nothingness, empty space 1b) that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (fig) 1c) wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places) 1d) place of chaos 1e) vanity
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 1:2 | “And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” Word: תֹּהוּ (tôhûw) | |
| Deuteronomy 32:10 | “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.” Word: תֹּהוּ (tôhûw) | |
| 1 Samuel 12:21 | “And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.” Word: תֹּהוּ (tôhûw) | |
| Job 12:24 | “He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.” Word: תֹּהוּ (tôhûw) | |
| Psalms 107:40 | “He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.” Word: תֹּהוּ (tôhûw) |
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