Deep, The

ἄβυσσος. In Rom 10:7 ’the deep’ probably refers to the deep sea, for in Deu 30:13 (from whence the quotation is made) it is "Who shall go over the sea for us?" and the sea is called ’the deep’ elsewhere, as Isa 51:10; Isa 63:13, etc. In Luk 8:31 ’the deep’ refers to the abyss where evil spirits are confined. It is probably the place where the fallen angels are reserved in chains of darkness, 2Pe 2:4, where the reference is to tartarus, not gehenna. See BOTTOMLESS PIT.