adjective
bathuos
Strong’sG901
deep, early, profound
stem bathu-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
βαθύς (gen. -έως, vernac., Lk 24:1; Bl., § 8, 5), -εῖα, -ύ,
[in LXX chiefly for עמק;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G901 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbath-oos'
profound (as going down), literally or figuratively
Fromfrom the base of G939;
King Jamesdeep, very early.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect βαθέᾰ, βαθύ; feminine βαθύς Refs 3rd c.BC+; genitive βαθέος, βαθείας Ionic dialect βαθέης: dative βαθέϊ, βαθείῃ Ionic dialect βαθέῃ: comparative βαθύτερος, poetry βαθίων [ῑ Attic dialect, ῐ Refs 3rd c.BC+:—deep or high, accusative to one's position, Refs 8th c.BC+; βαθέης ἐξάλλεται αὐλῆς a court within a high fence, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἠϊόνος προπάροιθε βαθείης the deep, i.e. wide, shore, Refs 8th c.BC+; κύλικες Refs; βαθὺ πτῶμα a fall from a high rock, Refs 4th c.BC+; πλευρὰ βαθυτάτη (vulgar form βαρυτάτη), of an athlete, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a line of battle, βαθύτεραι φάλαγγες Refs 5th c.BC+; β. τομή, πληγή, a deep cut, Refs 1st c.AD+
2 deep or thick in substance, of a mist, ἠέρα βαθεῖαν Refs 8th c.BC+; of sand, ἀμάθοιο βαθείης Refs 8th c.BC+; of ploughed land, νειοῖο βαθείης Refs 8th c.BC+; β. γῆ, opposed to to stony ground, Refs 5th c.BC+; of luxuriant growth, deep, thick, of woods, etc., βαθείης τάρφεσιν ὕλης Refs 8th c.BC+; χαίτη, τρίχες, πώγων, Refs 7th c.BC+
2.b deep, of colour, Refs: comparative, Refs 2nd c.AD+
3 of quality, strong, violent, βαθείῃ λαίλαπι Refs 8th c.BC+
3.b generally, copious, abundant, β. κλᾶρος Refs 5th c.BC+; β. ἀνήρ a rich man, Refs 5th c.BC+; β. χρέος deep debt, Refs 5th c.BC+; β. ὕπνος deep sleep, Refs 3rd c.BC+
4 of the mind, ἄχος ὀξὺ κατὰ φρένα τύψε β. in the depths of his soul, Refs 8th c.BC+; but also, profound, φρήν Refs 5th c.BC+; βαθύτερα ἤθη more sedate natures, Refs 5th c.BC+ (but, more recondite, i.e. civilized, manners, Refs 5th c.BC+: of persons, deep, wise, β. τῇ φύσει στρατηγός Refs 3rd c.BC+; also, deep, crafty, Refs 4th c.BC+
5 of time, β. ὄρθρος dim twilight, Refs 5th c.BC+; β. νύξ a late hour in the night, Refs 5th c.BC+; β. γῆρας conjecture in Refs 5th c.BC+
II adverb -έωςRefs 3rd c.BC+; profoundly, Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative βαθύτατα, γηρῶν Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | bathuos | bathuas | bathuem1×βαθύ | bathuois | bathuais | bathueim1×βαθέα |
| object accusative | bathuon | bathuan | bathuoin | bathuain | ||
| direct address vocative | bathuor | bathuar | bathuoir | bathuair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | bathuou1×βαθέως | bathuau | bathueu | bathuoiu | bathuaiu | bathueiu |
| to, for dative | bathuo1×βαθεῖ | bathua | bathue | bathuoi | bathuai | bathuei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
bathu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
bathuou“*”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Luke 24:1“*”ta de hena teiu sabbateiu orthrou bathuou epi tem mnēmem erchala ferarōntais heim …On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices …
bathuo“deep”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 20:9… Eutuchos epi tau thuridau, kataferorōntos hupno bathuo dialegorōntou tou Paulou epi polloterem, kataferirantos …… the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and …
bathuem“deep”subject or objectdirect singular1×
John 4:11… antlēmem echasō kai tem freatem atō bathuem; pothen oun echasō tem hudem tem …… draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this …
bathueim“deep”subject or objectdirect plural1×
Revelation 2:24… didachan houtan, hotinois ouk gnōskala teim bathueim tou Satanou, hōs legalō, ouk balamō …… and have not learned the so-called deep things of Satan: I will place …