1) formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness 1a) formlessness (of primeval earth) 1a1) nothingness, empty space 1b) that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (fig) 1c) wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places) 1d) place of chaos 1e) vanity
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H8414 — תֹּ֫הוּ
to.hu · formlessness · Hebrew/Aramaic
19 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 1:2 · תֹ֙הוּ֙Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.Deuteronomy 32:10 · וּבְתֹ֖הוּHe found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.1 Samuel 12:21 · הַתֹּ֗הוּ · תֹ֥הוּDo not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.Job 6:18 · בַתֹּ֣הוּCaravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.Job 12:24 · בְּתֹ֣הוּHe deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.Job 26:7 · תֹּ֑הוּHe stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.Psalm 107:40 · בְּתֹ֣הוּHe pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.Isaiah 24:10 · תֹּ֑הוּThe city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.Isaiah 29:21 · בַתֹּ֖הוּthose who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.Isaiah 34:11 · תֹ֖הוּThe desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.Isaiah 40:17 · וָתֹ֖הוּAll the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.Isaiah 40:23 · כַּתֹּ֥הוּHe brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.Isaiah 41:29 · וָתֹ֖הוּSee, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.Isaiah 44:9 · תֹּ֔הוּAll makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.Isaiah 45:18 · תֹ֥הוּFor thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.Isaiah 45:19 · תֹּ֣הוּI have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.Isaiah 49:4 · לְתֹ֥הוּBut I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”Isaiah 59:4 · תֹּ֙הוּ֙No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.Jeremiah 4:23 · תֹ֖הוּI looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.