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Jeremiah 4:23

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Masoretic Text 1524

H7200 I beheld ראיתי

H853 את

H776 the earth הארץ

H2009 and lo והנה

H8414 it was without form תהו

H922 and void ובהו

H413 ואל

H8064 and the heavens השׁמים

H369 and they had no ואין

H216 light אורם׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H7200 beheld

the

H776 earth

and

H2009 lo

was

without

H8414 form

and

H922 void

and

the

H8064 heavens

and

they

had

H369 no

H216 light

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H8414

Hebrew: תֹּהוּ

Transliteration: tôhûw

Pronunciation: to'-hoo

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Bible Usage: {confusion} empty {place} without {form} {nothing} (thing of) {nought} {vain} {vanity} {waste} wilderness.

Definition:

a desolation (of {surface}) that {is} desert; figuratively a worthless thing; adverbially in vain

1. formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness

a. formlessness (of primeval earth)

1. nothingness, empty space

b. that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (fig)

c. wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places)

d. place of chaos

e. vanity

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906