Quick Definition
formlessness
Strong's Definition
a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to lie waste;
KJV Usage: confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.
TWOT Reference: 2494a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
תֹּ֫הוּ (to.hu) — formlessness. 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
1 ISA 24:10 NJB "city of nothingness" = [1b]
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
תֹּ֫הוּ n.m. formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness (primary meaning difficult to seize) formlessness
fig. of what is empty, unreal
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