Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H922 |
|---|---|
| Word: | בּוֹהוּ |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from an unused root (meaning to be empty) |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | bohuw |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | bo'-hoo |
| Meaning: | 1. a vacuity 2. (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin |
| KJV Renderings: | emptiness, void. |
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בֹּ֫הוּ noun [masculine] emptiness (on form see Ges«GKC:84a»§ 84a, 1 b Sta§ 95, 198 a, on usage compare LagOr. ii. 60 f.) always with תֹּהוּ q. v.; — תֹּהוּ וָבֹהוּ Gen 1:2 of primeval earth; Jer 4:23 of earth under judgment of ׳ י; קַותֿֿהֹוּ וְאַבְנֵי בֹהוּ Isa 34:11, the line of wasteness and the stones of emptiness, i.e. plummets, employed, not as usual for building, but for destroying walls; compare Di & see below אבן 6.
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
