Strong's Number 8414

The Linked Word Project

Transliteration:

tohuw {to'-hoo}

Word Origin:

from an unused root meaning to lie waste

TWOT:

2494a

Part of Speech:

noun masculine

Usage in the KJV:

vain 4, vanity 4, confusion 3, without form 2, wilderness 2, nought 2, nothing 1, empty place 1, waste 1

Total: 20

Definition:

formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness
1. formlessness (of primeval earth)
  1. nothingness, empty space
2. that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (fig)
3. wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places)
4. place of chaos
5. vanity For a discussion of the Gap Theory, \see topic 8756\.