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deep

Meaning of “deep”

Sense 1: Great in depth, or a place far beneath the surface. Sense 2: The sea, an abyss of waters, or deep waters. Sense 3: Profound, hidden, or difficult to reach or understand.

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65 occurrences63 verses20 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:2

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Genesis 1:2
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 1:2 · retained source text

And the earth was without forme, and voyd, and darkenesse was vpon the face of the deepe: and the Spirit of God mooued vpon the face of the waters.

Genesis 2:21
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 2:21 · retained source text

And the LORD God caused a deepe sleepe to fall vpon Adam, and hee slept; and he tooke one of his ribs, and closed vp the flesh in stead thereof.

Genesis 7:11
¶ In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 7:11 · retained source text

¶ In the sixe hundredth yeere of Noahs life, in the second moneth, the seuenteenth day of the moneth, the same day, were al the fountaines of the great deepe broken vp, and the windowes of heauen were opened.

1611 marginal noteOr, flood-gates.

Genesis 8:2
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 8:2 · retained source text

The fountaines also of the deepe, and the windowes of heauen were stopped, and the raine from heauen was restrained.

Genesis 15:12
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 15:12 · retained source text

And when the Sunne was going downe, a deepe sleepe fell vpon Abram: and loe, an horrour of great darkenesse fell vpon him.

Genesis 49:25
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 49:25 · retained source text

Euen by the God of thy father who shall helpe thee, and by the Almightie, who shall blesse thee with blessings of heauen aboue, blessings of the deepe that lyeth vnder, blessings of the breasts and of the wombe.

Deuteronomy 33:13
¶ And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 33:13 · retained source text

¶ And of Ioseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heauen, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath;

1611 marginal noteGen. 49.25.

1 Samuel 26:12
So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 26:12 · retained source text

So Dauid tooke the speare and the cruse of water from Sauls bolster, and they gate them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleepe, because a deepe sleepe from the LORD was fallen vpon them.

Job 12:22
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 12:22 · retained source text

Hee discouereth deepe things out of darkenesse, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

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