STRONGS G899:
βάθος,
-εος (
-ους),
τό, (connected with the obsolete verb
βάζω,
βάω [but cf. Curtius, § 635; Vanicek, p. 195); cf.
βαθύς,
βάσσων, and
ὁ βυθός,
ὁ βύσσός; German
Boden),
depth, height, — [accusative, as measured down or up];
1. properly:
Matthew 13:5;
Mark 4:5;
Romans 8:39 (opposed to
ὕψωμα);
Ephesians 3:18 (opposed to
ὕψος); of '
the deep' sea (the 'high seas'),
Luke 5:4.
2. metaphorically:
ἡ κατὰ βάθους πτωχεία αὐτῶν,
deep, extreme,
poverty, 2 Corinthians 8:2;
τὰ βάθη τοῦ θεοῦ the deep things of God, things hidden and above man's scrutiny, especially the divine counsels,
1 Corinthians 2:10 (
τοῦ Σατανᾶ,
Revelation 2:24 Rec.;
καρδίας ἀνθρώπου, Judith 8:14; [
τὰ β.
τῆς θείας γνώσεως, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 40, 1 (cf. Lightfoot at the passage)]); inexhaustible abundance, immense amount,
πλούτου,
Romans 11:33 (so also Sophocles Aj. 130;
βαθὺς πλοῦτος, Aelian v. h. 3, 18;
κακῶν [Aeschylus Pers. 465, 712]; Euripides, Hel. 303;
Sept. Proverbs 18:3).
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