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תֹּהוּ H8414

H8414 is the Hebrew word תֹּהוּ, transliterated tôhûw and said to'-hoo. The King James Version most often renders it vain.

Word: תֹּהוּTransliteration: tôhûwSaid: to'-hooLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 15 verses

What it means

a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain.

Where it comes from

from an unused root meaning to lie waste.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 16 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

vain 4×wilderness 2×confusion 2×vanity 2×without form 1×waste 1×nothing 1×over the empty place 1×nought 1×lo it was without form 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.

Verses using תֹּהוּ

All 15 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 1:2 · KJV

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.

Deuteronomy 32:10 · KJV

He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

1 Samuel 12:21 · KJV

And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

Job 6:18 · KJV

The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

Job 12:24 · KJV

He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

Job 26:7 · KJV

He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

Psalm 107:40 · KJV

He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

Isaiah 24:10 · KJV

The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

Isaiah 34:11 · KJV

But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

Isaiah 44:9 · KJV

They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

Isaiah 45:18 · KJV

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 there is none else.

Isaiah 45:19 · KJV

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

Isaiah 49:4 · KJV

Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

Isaiah 59:4 · KJV

None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

Jeremiah 4:23 · KJV

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

Common questions

What does Strong's H8414 mean?

H8414 is the Hebrew word תֹּהוּ (tôhûw), meaning a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain.

How is H8414 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it vain (4 times), wilderness (2 times), confusion (2 times), vanity (2 times), without form (1 time), among others.

How many times does H8414 appear in the Bible?

תֹּהוּ (tôhûw) is tagged in 15 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H8414 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from an unused root meaning to lie waste.

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