תֹּהוּ
tôhû
to'-hoo
From an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), that is, desert; figuratively a worthless thing; adverbially in vain: - confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.
Total KJV occurrences: 20
Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries
Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D. Published in 1890
תּהוּ
tôhû
BDB Definition:
1) formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness
1a) formlessness (of primeval earth)
1a1) nothingness, empty space
1b) that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (figuratively)
1c) wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places)
1d) place of chaos
1e) vanity
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning to lie waste
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions
All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. 1906
תֹּהוּ (for תֹּהֶו a segolate and penacute form, subst.
(1) wasteness, concr. that which is wasted, laid waste, Genesis 1:2; Job 26:7 hence
(a) a desert, Deuteronomy 32:10; Job 6:18, 12:24.
(b) destruction, Isaiah 24:10, קִרְיַת תֹּהוּ a desolated city; 34:11.
(2) emptiness, vanity, and concr. something vain (syn. הֶבֶל), Isaiah 41:29, 44:9 49:4 59:4 1 Samuel 12:21 nothing, i.q. אַיִן Isaiah 40:17, 23 Isaiah 40:23.
(3) לְתֹהוּ Isaiah 49:4 and acc. תֹּהוּ adv. in vain, Isaiah 45:19.
GESENIUS'S LEXICON
written by Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gesenius (1786-1842) in the German language.
1488) et (תה TH) AC: Ignore CO: Waste AB: ?
J) eft (תוה TWH) AC: Ignore CO: Waste AB: ?
V) eft (תוה TWH) - Ignore: To consider something of no value, a waste. KJV (1): (vf: Hiphil) limited - Strongs: H8428 (תָּוָה)
Nm) eft (תוה TWH) - Astonish: A feeling of waste. KJV (1): astony - Strongs: H8429 (תְּוַהּ)
rm) feft (תוהו TWHW) - Waste: A barren place. Also vanity as a state of waste. KJV (20): vain, vanity, confusion, without, wilderness, nought, nothing, empty, waste - Strongs: H8414 (תֹּהוּ)
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
תּהוּ
tôhû
Total KJV Occurrences: 24
vain, 4
1Sa_12:21 (2), Isa_45:18-19 (2)
vanity, 4
Isa_40:17, Isa_40:23, Isa_44:9, Isa_59:4
confusion, 3
Isa_34:10-11 (2), Isa_41:29
form, 2
Gen_1:2, Jer_4:23
nothing, 2
Job_6:18, Isa_40:17
nought, 2
Isa_29:21, Isa_49:4
wilderness, 2
Job_12:24, Psa_107:40
without, 2
Gen_1:2, Jer_4:23
empty, 1
Job_26:7
place, 1
Job_26:7 (2)
waste, 1
Deu_32:10
King James Concordance
All of the original Hebrew/Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.