H8415 — תְּהוֹם (tehom / thowm)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H8415
Original: תְּהוֹם
Transliteration: tᵉhôwm
Pronunciation: teh-home
Part of Speech: masculine/feminine noun
Occurrences: 35 unique verses / 42 tokens in 11 OT books
First Occurrence: Gen 1:2 — "darkness [was] upon the face of the deep"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

; or תְּהֹם tᵉhôm; (usually feminine) from ; an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply):—deep (place), depth.

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
deep / the deep / of the deep	15	42.9%
depths / the depths	5	14.3%
depth / the depth / of the depth	5	14.3%
deep places / deeps	2	5.7%
phrase variants	8	22.9%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Jonah	1	2.1
Habakkuk	1	1.8
Amos	1	0.7
Job	4	0.4
Proverbs	4	0.4
Psalms	11	0.4
Genesis	4	0.3
Isaiah	2	0.2
Exodus	2	0.2
Deuteronomy	2	0.2
Ezekiel	3	0.2

Psalms has the largest raw count, while the short prophetic books show high density from single vivid uses.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Primordial or Cosmic Deep¶

Gen 1:2 — "darkness [was] upon the face of the deep"
Psalm 104:6 — "Thou coveredst it with the deep as [with] a garment"
Proverbs 8:24 — "When [there were] no depths, I was brought forth"

2. Subterranean or Oceanic Water Source¶

Gen 7:11 — "all the fountains of the great deep broken up"
Gen 8:2 — "The fountains also of the deep... were stopped"
Deut 8:7 — "fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills"

3. Sea Depths in Deliverance or Threat¶

Exod 15:5 — "The depths have covered them"
Psalm 106:9 — "he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness"
Isa 51:10 — "the waters of the great deep... the depths of the sea"

4. Personified or Poetic Depth¶

Job 28:14 — "The depth saith, It [is] not in me"
Psalm 42:7 — "Deep calleth unto deep"
Hab 3:10 — "the deep uttered his voice"

5. Overwhelming Waters in Judgment or Distress¶

Ezek 26:19 — "when I shall bring up the deep upon thee"
Jonah 2:5 — "the depth closed me round about"
Psalm 107:26 — "they go down again to the depths"

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
מַיִם (mayim)	H4325	14x	deep as water mass or water source
רַב (rab)	H7227	8x	"great/many" waters or great deep
יָם (yam)	H3220	7x	sea/deep pairing
שָׁמַיִם (shamayim)	H8064	7x	vertical heaven/deep contrast
אֶרֶץ (erets)	H776	6x	earth/deep creation or judgment setting
כָּסָה (kasah)	H3680	4x	deep/waters covering
בָּקַע (baqa)	H1234	3x	deep/fountains broken up
חָרַב (charab)	H2717	3x	drying deep/sea in deliverance contexts

Synonyms and Semantic Neighbors¶

H3220 יָם (yam) — sea, large body of water.
H4325 מַיִם (mayim) — waters; top collocate and overlapping LXX source for G12.
H4615 מַעֲמַקִּים (maamaqim) — depths.
H4688 מְצֹולָה (metsolah) — depth/deep place.
H5869 עַיִן (ayin) — spring/fountain in water-source contexts.

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
עָמֹק (amoq)	H6013	deep	adjective for depth/profundity; tehom is a noun for the deep itself
עָמַק (amaq)	H6009	deep	verb/adjectival root for being deep
מְצוֹלָה (metsolah)	H4688	the deep	a deep place/depth, often a location within waters
ἄβυσσος (abyssos)	G12	deep	Greek LXX/NT bridge; see trace

Semantic Domain¶

[001003] Regions Under the Earth — includes Abaddon/pit vocabulary near underworld/depth imagery.
[001002005] Waterbodies — includes sea, spring, pool, stream, and other waterbody terms.

LXX Mapping¶

Greek Equivalent	Co-occurrences	PMI	Score	Notes
ἄβυσσος (abyssos) G12	30	9.16	31.45	Primary bridge; "abyss/deep"
πηγή (pege) G4077	7	5.98	12.43	Fountain/spring overlap
ὕδωρ (hudor) G5204	14	4.17	11.30	Water as substance
θάλασσα (thalassa) G2281	7	3.83	7.95	Sea overlap
οὐρανός (ouranos) G3772	8	3.52	7.73	Heaven/deep vertical pairing