2001 Translation

BYTHOU, bythou

Sounds Like: by-THOO

Translations: of depth, of the deep, of the abyss, of the sea

From the root: ΒΥΘΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a great depth, the deep sea, or the abyss. It is often used to describe the bottom of the sea or a profound, immeasurable depth. In a figurative sense, it can refer to a state of profound difficulty or despair. As a genitive form, it indicates possession or origin, often translated with 'of'.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine

Strong’s number: G0103 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Psalms — 68:3
• Epistle of Barnabas — 10:5
• Shepherd of Hermas — 10:6, 13:2, 93:1, 93:5

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 5 — 1:20

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Four — 8:38

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Psalms — 68:3

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 9 — 3:3, 3:5, 4:3, 5:3, 15:4, 16:5, 17:3

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 3 — 2:5, 2:6, 5:2

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΥΘΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΒΥΘΙΟΝ — a little depth, a shallow place, a small bottom
• ΒΥΘΟΙΣ — (in) depths, (in) deeps, (in) abysses
• ΒΥΘΟΝ — depth, a depth, the deep, an abyss, the abyss
• ΒΥΘΟΣ — depth, the deep, a depth, the abyss, a bottom
• ΒΥΘΩ — (to) deep, (to) depth, (to) bottom, (to) abyss

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