Genesis 1:2
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
חוּץ
chûwts
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
תַּבְנִית
tabnîyth
structure; by implication, a model, resemblance
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
תְּהוֹם
tᵉhôwm
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
סוּת
çûwth
properly, to prick, i.e. (figuratively) stimulate; by implication, to seduce
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
Key Terms in This Verse
תְּהוֹם tᵉhôwm
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
Study H8415 →סוּת çûwth
properly, to prick, i.e. (figuratively) stimulate; by implication, to seduce
Study H5496 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →רוּחַ rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...
Study H7307 →Cross References
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and the...
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
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