TR: tehom → abyssos (Deep / Abyss)¶

The Chain¶

Hebrew OT              LXX (Greek OT)          Greek NT
─────────              ──────────────          ────────
תְּהוֹם (tehom)    →    ἄβυσσος (abyssos)  →    ἄβυσσος (abyssos)
H8415, 35x             30x as translation       9x in NT
"deep / depth"         of H8415                 "deep / bottomless pit"
PMI score: 31.45

OT Usage (Hebrew)¶

Strong's	Word	Occurrences	Primary Meaning
H8415	תְּהוֹם (tehom)	35	deep, depth, abyss-like watery deep
H4325	מַיִם (mayim)	512	water(s), frequent contextual partner
H3220	יָם (yam)	321	sea, another waterbody neighbor
H4615	מַעֲמָק / מַעֲמַקִּים	5	depths/deep places
H4688	מְצוֹלָה	11	deep place, depth

Key OT passages: - Gen 1:2 — "darkness [was] upon the face of the deep" - Exod 15:5 — "The depths have covered them" - Isa 51:10 — "the waters of the great deep... the depths of the sea"

H8415-thowm.md is the canonical Hebrew word study.

LXX Bridge¶

Hebrew	Greek Translation	Count	Notes
tehom (H8415)	ἄβυσσος (G12)	30x	Primary equivalent
tehom (H8415)	πηγή (G4077)	7x	Fountain/spring rendering in source-water contexts
tehom (H8415)	ὕδωρ (G5204)	14x	Contextual water-substance overlap
tehom (H8415)	θάλασσα (G2281)	7x	Sea overlap
tehom (H8415)	οὐρανός (G3772)	8x	Heaven/deep vertical context
mayim (H4325)	ἄβυσσος (G12)	13x	Water/deep overlap
yam (H3220)	ἄβυσσος (G12)	7x	Sea/deep overlap

Semantic shift in translation: The bridge is strong and mostly continuous around "deep/abyss." In NT usage, G12 narrows toward "deep" as a place of confinement or the "bottomless pit," while the Hebrew word often remains waterbody/cosmic-depth vocabulary.

NT Usage (Greek)¶

Strong's	Word	Occurrences	Primary Meaning
G12	ἄβυσσος (abyssos)	9	deep, abyss, bottomless pit

Key NT passages: - Luke 8:31 — "that he would not command them to go out into the deep" - Rom 10:7 — "Who shall descend into the deep?" - Rev 20:1 — "having the key of the bottomless pit" - Rev 20:3 — "cast him into the bottomless pit"

Canonical Greek study: G12-abyssos.md.

Direct OT→NT Quotations¶

NT Verse	Quotes OT	Shared Word	Significance
Rom 10:7	alludes within Deut 30:11-14 argument	G12 abyssos; no direct H8415 term in Deut 30	Uses "deep" language in a descent/ascent contrast, but not a direct tehom quotation

No direct OT quotation using H8415 → G12 was identified from the gathered key passages.

Continuity and Shifts¶

What stays the same across testaments: - H8415 and G12 share the core spatial idea of an extreme depth or abyss. - Water/deep vocabulary remains connected through H4325, H3220, G5204, and G2281 overlaps.

What shifts: - Hebrew H8415 is often cosmic, watery, or poetic depth language. - NT G12 is concentrated in Luke, Romans, and Revelation, where "deep/bottomless pit" can function as a confined or inaccessible realm.