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It often conveys a sense of vastness, mystery, and sometimes danger, as the deep waters were seen as chaotic and uncontrollable. The word can also symbolize profound spiritual or emotional experiences, such as despair or overwhelming circumstances.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, the sea and its depths were often associated with chaos and the unknown. The Israelites, primarily a land-based people, viewed the sea with a mixture of awe and fear. The depths of the sea were seen as the domain of sea monsters and a place where God's power could be demonstrated, as in the parting of the Red Sea.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from the same as <a href="/hebrew/6683.htm">tsulah</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>depth, deep<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>deep (4), depths (7).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">מְצוֺלָה</font>], <font class="hebrew2">מְצוּלָה</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun feminine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>depth, deep</b></font>; — absolute <font class="hebrew2">מְצוּלָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/41-23.htm">Job 41:23</a> +; plural absolute <font class="hebrew2">מְצוֺלֹת</font> <a href="/interlinear/exodus/15-5.htm">Exodus 15:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/9-11.htm">Nehemiah 9:11</a>, <font class="hebrew2">מְצֹלוֺת</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/88-7.htm">Psalm 88:7</a>; construct <font class="hebrew2">מְצוּלוֺת</font> <a href="/interlinear/zechariah/10-11.htm">Zechariah 10:11</a>, <font class="hebrew2">מְצֻלוֺת</font> <a href="/interlinear/micah/7-19.htm">Micah 7:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/psalms/68-23.htm">Psalm 68:23</a>; — <em>depth</em>, plural <font class="hebrew2">יָם</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מ</font> <em>depths of the sea</em> <a href="/interlinear/micah/7-19.htm">Micah 7:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/psalms/68-23.htm">Psalm 68:23</a>; absolute <a href="/interlinear/exodus/15-5.htm">Exodus 15:5</a> (of Red Sea) <a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/9-11.htm">Nehemiah 9:11</a> (<em>id.</em>); figurative of deep distress <a href="/interlinear/psalms/88-7.htm">Psalm 88:7</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">בּוֺר תַּחְתִיּוֺת</font>); <font class="hebrew2">יְאֹר</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מ</font> <a href="/interlinear/zechariah/10-11.htm">Zechariah 10:11</a> (i.e. of Nile); singular = <em>the deep sea, deep</em>, <a href="/interlinear/psalms/107-24.htm">Psalm 107:24</a>; <a href="/interlinear/jonah/2-4.htm">Jonah 2:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/job/41-23.htm">Job 41:23</a> (in hyperbolic description of crocodile); <em>depth</em> of marsh, swamp, <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">בִּיוֵן מ</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/69-3.htm">Psalm 69:3</a> <em>in mire of (the) depth</em>, figurative of distress ("" <font class="hebrew2">מַעֲמַקֵּימַֿיִם</font>), compare <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מ</font> alone <a href="/interlinear/psalms/69-16.htm">Psalm 69:16</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">בְּאֵר</font>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>bottom, deep, depth <p>Or mtsolah {mets-o-law'}; also mtsuwlah {mets-oo-law'}; or mtsulah {mets-oo-law'}; from the same as <a href="/hebrew/6683.htm">tsuwlah</a>; a deep place (of water or mud) -- bottom, deep, depth. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/6683.htm">tsuwlah</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃ בִּמְצֻל֥וֹת בִּמְצוּלָֽה׃ בִמְצוֹלֹ֖ת בִמְצוֹלֹ֛ת במצולה׃ במצולת במצלות במצלות׃ מְ֭צוּלָה מְצוּל֣וֹת מְצוּלָ֑ה מְצוּלָה֙ מִֽמְּצֻל֥וֹת ממצלות מצולה מצולות bim·ṣō·lō·wṯ ḇim·ṣō·w·lōṯ bim·ṣū·lāh bim·ṣu·lō·wṯ bimṣōlōwṯ ḇimṣōwlōṯ bimṣūlāh bimṣulōwṯ bimtzoLot bimtzuLah bimtzuLot mə·ṣū·lāh mə·ṣū·lō·wṯ məṣūlāh məṣūlōwṯ metzuLah metzuLot mim·mə·ṣu·lō·wṯ mimetzuLot mimməṣulōwṯ vimtzoLot<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/exodus/15-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 15:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/15.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יְכַסְיֻ֑מוּ יָרְד֥וּ <b> בִמְצוֹלֹ֖ת </b> כְּמוֹ־ אָֽבֶן׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> them; They went down <span class="itali">into the depths</span> like<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> them: they sank <span class="itali">into the bottom</span> as<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/15-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> cover went <span class="itali">the depths</span> like A stone<p><b><a href="/text/nehemiah/9-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Nehemiah 9:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">רֹ֨דְפֵיהֶ֜ם הִשְׁלַ֧כְתָּ <b> בִמְצוֹלֹ֛ת </b> כְּמוֹ־ אֶ֖בֶן</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/nehemiah/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> You hurled <span class="itali">into the depths,</span> Like<br><a href="/kjvs/nehemiah/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> thou threwest <span class="itali">into the deeps,</span> as a stone<br><a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/9-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and their pursuers hurled <span class="itali">the depths</span> Like A stone<p><b><a href="/text/job/41-31.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 41:31</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/41.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יַרְתִּ֣יחַ כַּסִּ֣יר <b> מְצוּלָ֑ה </b> יָ֝֗ם יָשִׂ֥ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/41.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">He makes the depths</span> boil like a pot;<br><a href="/kjvs/job/41.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">He maketh the deep</span> to boil like a pot:<br><a href="/interlinear/job/41-31.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> boil A pot <span class="itali">the depths</span> the sea makes<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/68-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 68:22</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/68.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אָשִׁ֑יב אָ֝שִׁ֗יב <b> מִֽמְּצֻל֥וֹת </b> יָֽם׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/68.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> I will bring [them] back <span class="itali">from the depths</span> of the sea;<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/68.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> I will bring [my people] again <span class="itali">from the depths</span> of the sea:<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/68-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will bring back <span class="itali">the depths</span> of the sea<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/69-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 69:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/69.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">טָבַ֤עְתִּי ׀ בִּיוֵ֣ן <b> מְ֭צוּלָה </b> וְאֵ֣ין מָעֳמָ֑ד</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/69.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> I have sunk <span class="itali">in deep</span> mire,<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/69.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> I sink <span class="itali">in deep</span> mire,<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/69-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> have sunk mire <span class="itali">deep</span> and there foothold<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/69-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 69:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/69.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְאַל־ תִּבְלָעֵ֣נִי <b> מְצוּלָ֑ה </b> וְאַל־ תֶּאְטַר־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/69.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> me Nor <span class="itali">the deep</span> swallow<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/69.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> overflow <span class="itali">me, neither let the deep</span> swallow me up,<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/69-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Nor swallow <span class="itali">the deep</span> Nor shut<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/88-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 88:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/88.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים <b> בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/88.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> pit, In dark places, <span class="itali">in the depths.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/88.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> pit, in darkness, <span class="itali">in the deeps.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/88-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the lowest dark <span class="itali">the depths</span><p><b><a href="/text/psalms/107-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 107:24</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/107.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יְהוָ֑ה וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו <b> בִּמְצוּלָֽה׃ </b> ׆ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/107.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And His wonders <span class="itali">in the deep.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/107.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and his wonders <span class="itali">in the deep.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/107-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the LORD and his wonders <span class="itali">the deep</span><p><b><a href="/text/jonah/2-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jonah 2:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jonah/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵ֤נִי <b> מְצוּלָה֙ </b> בִּלְבַ֣ב יַמִּ֔ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jonah/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> For You had cast <span class="itali">me into the deep,</span> Into the heart<br><a href="/kjvs/jonah/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> For thou hadst cast <span class="itali">me into the deep,</span> in the midst<br><a href="/interlinear/jonah/2-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> had cast <span class="itali">the deep</span> the heart of the seas<p><b><a href="/text/micah/7-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Micah 7:19</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/micah/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עֲוֹֽנֹתֵ֑ינוּ וְתַשְׁלִ֛יךְ <b> בִּמְצֻל֥וֹת </b> יָ֖ם כָּל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/micah/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> their sins <span class="itali">Into the depths</span> of the sea.<br><a href="/kjvs/micah/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> all their sins <span class="itali">into the depths</span> of the sea.<br><a href="/interlinear/micah/7-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> our iniquities will cast <span class="itali">the depths</span> of the sea all<p><b><a href="/text/zechariah/10-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Zechariah 10:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/zechariah/10.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְהֹבִ֕ישׁוּ כֹּ֖ל <b> מְצוּל֣וֹת </b> יְאֹ֑ר וְהוּרַד֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/zechariah/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> So that all <span class="itali">the depths</span> of the Nile<br><a href="/kjvs/zechariah/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in the sea, <span class="itali">and all the deeps</span> of the river<br><a href="/interlinear/zechariah/10-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will dry all <span class="itali">the depths</span> of the Nile will be brought<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4688.htm">11 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4688.htm">Strong's Hebrew 4688<br>11 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/bimtzolot_4688.htm">bim·ṣō·lō·wṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/bimtzulah_4688.htm">bim·ṣū·lāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/bimtzulot_4688.htm">bim·ṣu·lō·wṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/metzulah_4688.htm">mə·ṣū·lāh — 4 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/metzulot_4688.htm">mə·ṣū·lō·wṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/mimetzulot_4688.htm">mim·mə·ṣu·lō·wṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vimtzolot_4688.htm">ḇim·ṣō·w·lōṯ — 2 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 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