Strong's Lexicon
G899 — βάθος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G899 |
|---|---|
| Word: | βάθος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from the base of G939 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 8 |
| Transliteration: | bathos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | bath'-os |
| Meaning: | 1. great depth 2. (of intellect) deep, profound matters 3. (by implication) extent 4. (figuratively) mystery |
| KJV Renderings: | deep(-ness, things), depth |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βάθος, βαθέος (βάθους), τό (connected with the obsolete verb βάζω, βάω (but cf. Curtius, § 635; Vanicek, p. 195); cf. βαθύς, βάσσων, and ὁ βυθός, ὁ βύσσος; German Boden), depth, height — (accusative, as measured down or up);
1. properly: Mat 13:5; Mar 4:5; Rom 8:39 (opposed to ὕψωμα); Eph 3:18 (opposed to ὕψος); of ’the deep’ sea (the ’high seas’), Luk 5:4
2. metaphorically: ἡ κατά βάθους πτωχεία αὐτῶν, deep, extreme, poverty, 2Co 8:2; τά βάθη τοῦ Θεοῦ the deep things of God, things hidden and above man’s scrutiny, especially the divine counsels, 1Co 2:10 (τοῦ Σατανᾶ, Rev 2:24 Rec.; καρδίας ἀνθρώπου, Jdt 8:14; (τά βαθα τῆς θείας γνώσεως, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 40, 1 [ET] (cf. Lightfoot at the passage))); inexhaustible abundance, immense amount, πλούτου, Rom 11:33 (so also Sophocles Aj. 130; βαθύς πλοῦτος, Aelian v. h. 3, 18; κακῶν (Aeschylus Pers. 465, 712); Euripides, Hel. 303; the Sept. Pro 18:3).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
βάθος (deep(-ness)
Matthew 13:5
- KJV: Some fell upon stony places where they had not much earth and forthwith they sprung up because they had no deepness of earth
- GK: αλλά δε έπεσεν επί τα πετρώδη όπου ουκ είχε γην πολλήν και ευθέως εξανέτειλε διά το μη έχειν βάθος γης
Mark 4:5
- KJV: And some fell on stony ground where it had not much earth and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth
- GK: άλλο δε έπεσεν επί το πετρώδες όπου ουκ είχε γην πολλήν και ευθέως εξανέτειλε διά το μη έχειν βάθος γης
Luke 5:4
- KJV: Now when he had left speaking he said unto Simon Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a draught
- GK: ως δε επαύσατο λαλών είπε προς τον Σίμωνα επανάγαγε εις το βάθος και χαλάσατε τα δίκτυα υμών εις άγραν
Romans 8:39
- KJV: Nor 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
- GK: ούτε ύψωμα ούτε βάθος ούτε τις κτίσις ετέρα δυνήσεται ημάς χωρίσαι από της αγάπης του θεού της εν χριστώ Ιησού τω κυρίω ημών
Romans 11:33
- KJV: O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God how unsearchable his judgments and his ways past finding out
- GK: ω βάθος πλούτου και σοφίας και γνώσεως θεού ως ανεξερεύνητα τα κρίματα αυτού και ανεξιχνίαστοι αι οδοί αυτού
1 Corinthians 2:10
- KJV: But God hath revealed unto us by his Spirit for the Spirit searcheth all things yea the deep things of God
- GK: ημίν δε ο θεός απεκάλυψε διά του πνεύματος αυτού το γαρ πνεύμα πάντα ερευνά και τα βάθη του θεού
2 Corinthians 8:2
- KJV: How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality
- GK: ότι εν πολλή δοκιμή θλίψεως η περισσεία της χαράς αυτών και η κατά βάθους πτωχεία αυτών επερίσσευσεν εις τον πλούτον της απλότητος αυτών
Ephesians 3:18
- KJV: May be able to comprehend with all saints what the breadth and length and depth and height
- GK: ίνα εξισχύσητε καταλαβέσθαι συν πάσι τοις αγίοις τι το πλάτος και μήκος και βάθος και ύψος
Revelation 2:24
- KJV: But 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
- GK: υμίν δε λέγω τοις λοιποίς τοις εν Θυατείροις όσοι ουκ έχουσι την διδαχήν ταύτην και οίτινες ουκ έγνωσαν τα βαθεα του σατανά ως λέγουσιν ου βαλώ εφ΄ υμάς άλλο βάρος