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It conveys a sense of chaos or disorder, often in a primordial or desolate context. In the Bible, "tohu" is used to depict the initial state of the earth before God's creative order was established, as well as to describe desolation or confusion in a metaphorical sense.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cosmology, the concept of chaos was prevalent, often depicted as a primordial state that needed to be ordered by divine intervention. The Hebrew Bible reflects this understanding, presenting God as the one who brings order out of chaos. The use of "tohu" in the biblical text underscores the power and sovereignty of God in transforming disorder into a structured and purposeful creation.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from an unused word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>chaos (1), confusion (1), desolation (1), emptiness (1), empty space (1), formless (2), futile (2), futile things (1), meaningless (2), meaningless arguments (1), nothing (2), waste (3), waste place (2).<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">תֹּ֫הוּ</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font><sup>1Samuel 12:21</sup> (Albr<sup>ZAW xvi (1896), 112</sup>) <font size="+1"><b>formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness</b></font> (primary meaning difficult to seize; Vrss usually <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Κενόν</font>, <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">οὐδέν</font>, <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">μάταιον</font>, <em>inane, vacuum, vanum</em>; compare Lag<sup>Or. ii. 60</sup>; BN 144); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> <em>formlessness</em>, of primaeval earth <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-2.htm">Genesis 1:2</a> (P), of land reduced to primaeval chaos <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/4-23.htm">Jeremiah 4:23</a> (both + <font class="hebrew2">וָבֹהוּ</font> <em>and voidness</em>), <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/34-11.htm">Isaiah 34:11</a> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">קַותֿֿ</font> ("" <font class="hebrew2">אַבְנֵי בֹהוּ</font>), <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/45-18.htm">Isaiah 45:18</a> <font class="hebrew2">בְרָאָהּ</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">לֹא ת</font> ("" <font class="hebrew2">לָשֶׁבֶת יְצָרָתּ</font>); <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/24-10.htm">Isaiah 24:10</a> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">קִרְיַתאתּ</font> <em>city of chaos</em> (of ruined city); = <em>nothingness, empty space</em>, <a href="/interlinear/job/26-7.htm">Job 26:7</a> <font class="hebrew2">תֹּלֶה אֶרֶץ</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">עַלתּֿ</font>; of empty, trackless <em>waste</em> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/32-10.htm">Deuteronomy 32:10</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">מִדְבָּר</font>), <a href="/interlinear/job/6-18.htm">Job 6:18</a>; <a href="/interlinear/job/12-24.htm">Job 12:24</a> = <a href="/interlinear/psalms/107-40.htm">Psalm 107:40</a>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>figurative of what is</b></font> <em>empty, unreal</em>, as idols <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/12-21.htm">1 Samuel 12:21</a> (collective: <font class="hebrew2">אֲשֶׁר</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">אַחֲרֵי הַתּ</font> <font class="hebrew2">לֹא יוֺעִילוּ</font>), <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/12-21.htm">1 Samuel 12:21</a>; <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/41-29.htm">Isaiah 41:29</a> <font class="hebrew2">נִסְכֵּיהֶם</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">רוּחַ וָת</font>, <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9</a> (of idol-makers), groundless arguments or considerations, <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/29-21.htm">Isaiah 29:21</a> <font class="hebrew2">צַדִּיק</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">וַיַּטּוּ בַתּ</font>, <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/59-4.htm">Isaiah 59:4</a> moral unreality or falsehood <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">בָּטוֺחַ עַלאתּ</font> ("" <font class="hebrew2">וְדַבֶּרשָֿׁוְא</font>); = <em>a thing of nought</em> (compare Ecclus 41:10 <font class="hebrew2">מתהו אל תהו</font>), <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40-17.htm">Isaiah 40:17</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">אַיִן</font> <font class="hebrew2">אֶפֶס</font>), <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40-23.htm">Isaiah 40:23</a> <font class="hebrew2">עָשָׂה</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">שֹׁפְטֵי אֶרֶץ כַּתּ</font> ("" <font class="hebrew2">לְאַיִן</font>), <em>worthlessness</em> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/49-19.htm">Isaiah 49:19</a> <font class="hebrew2">וְהֶבֶל כֹּחִי כִלֵּיתִי</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">לְת</font> ("" <font class="hebrew2">לְרִיק יָגַעְתִּי</font>); as adverb accusative <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/45-19.htm">Isaiah 45:19</a> I said not, <font class="hebrew2">תֹּהוּ בַקְּשׁוּנִי</font> seek me <em>emptily, to no purpose.</em> compare <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13</a> <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> <font class="hebrew2">וְתֹהוּ</font> for <font class="hebrew2">וַתְּהִי</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>Tidal <p>From an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), i.e. Desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain -- confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>בְּתֹ֣הוּ בַתֹּ֖הוּ בַתֹּ֣הוּ בתהו הַתֹּ֗הוּ התהו וָתֹ֖הוּ וּבְתֹ֖הוּ ובתהו ותהו כַּתֹּ֥הוּ כתהו לְתֹ֥הוּ לתהו תֹ֖הוּ תֹ֙הוּ֙ תֹ֥הוּ תֹּ֑הוּ תֹּ֔הוּ תֹּ֙הוּ֙ תֹּ֣הוּ תהו ḇat·tō·hū ḇattōhū bə·ṯō·hū beTohu bəṯōhū hat·tō·hū hatTohu hattōhū kat·tō·hū katTohu kattōhū lə·ṯō·hū leTohu ləṯōhū tō·hū ṯō·hū tohu tōhū ṯōhū ū·ḇə·ṯō·hū ūḇəṯōhū uveTohu vaTohu vatTohu wā·ṯō·hū wāṯōhū<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/genesis/1-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 1:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָיְתָ֥ה <b> תֹ֙הוּ֙ </b> וָבֹ֔הוּ וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> The earth <span class="itali">was formless</span> and void,<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> was <span class="itali">without form,</span> and void;<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the earth was <span class="itali">was formless</span> and void and darkness<p><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/32-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 32:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/32.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִדְבָּ֔ר <b> וּבְתֹ֖הוּ </b> יְלֵ֣ל יְשִׁמֹ֑ן</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/32.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And in the howling <span class="itali">waste</span> of a wilderness;<br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/32.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> land, <span class="itali">and in the waste</span> howling<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/32-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> land A desert <span class="itali">waste</span> the howling of a wilderness<p><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/12-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 12:21</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/12.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כִּ֣י ׀ אַחֲרֵ֣י <b> הַתֹּ֗הוּ </b> אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> for [then you would go] after <span class="itali">futile</span> things<br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> for [then should ye go] after <span class="itali">vain</span> [things], which cannot profit<br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/12-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> because after <span class="itali">futile</span> which not<p><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/12-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 12:21</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/12.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יַצִּ֖ילוּ כִּי־ <b> תֹ֥הוּ </b> הֵֽמָּה׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> futile <span class="itali">things</span> which<br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> nor deliver; <span class="itali">for they [are] vain.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/12-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> deliver because <span class="itali">things</span> like<p><b><a href="/text/job/6-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 6:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">דַּרְכָּ֑ם יַעֲל֖וּ <b> בַתֹּ֣הוּ </b> וְיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> They go <span class="itali">up into nothing</span> and perish.<br><a href="/kjvs/job/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> they go <span class="itali">to nothing,</span> and perish.<br><a href="/interlinear/job/6-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of their course go <span class="itali">nothing</span> and perish<p><b><a href="/text/job/12-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 12:24</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/12.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָאָ֑רֶץ וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם <b> בְּתֹ֣הוּ </b> לֹא־ דָֽרֶךְ׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in a pathless <span class="itali">waste.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/job/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and causeth them to wander <span class="itali">in a wilderness</span> [where there is] no way.<br><a href="/interlinear/job/12-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the earth's wander <span class="itali">waste</span> no way<p><b><a href="/text/job/26-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 26:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/26.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">צָפ֣וֹן עַל־ <b> תֹּ֑הוּ </b> תֹּ֥לֶה אֶ֝֗רֶץ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> over <span class="itali">empty space</span> And hangs<br><a href="/kjvs/job/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the north <span class="itali">over the empty place,</span> [and] hangeth<br><a href="/interlinear/job/26-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the north over <span class="itali">empty</span> and hangs the earth<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/107-40.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 107:40</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/107.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">נְדִיבִ֑ים וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם <b> בְּתֹ֣הוּ </b> לֹא־ דָֽרֶךְ׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/107.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in a pathless <span class="itali">waste.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/107.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and causeth them to wander <span class="itali">in the wilderness,</span> [where there is] no way.<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/107-40.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> princes wander <span class="itali">waste</span> no way<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/24-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 24:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/24.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">נִשְׁבְּרָ֖ה קִרְיַת־ <b> תֹּ֑הוּ </b> סֻגַּ֥ר כָּל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> The city <span class="itali">of chaos</span> is broken down;<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> The city <span class="itali">of confusion</span> is broken down:<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/24-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> is broken the city <span class="itali">of chaos</span> is shut Every<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/29-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 29:21</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/29.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יְקֹשׁ֑וּן וַיַּטּ֥וּ <b> בַתֹּ֖הוּ </b> צַדִּֽיק׃ ס</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/29.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the one in the right <span class="itali">with meaningless arguments.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/29.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the just <span class="itali">for a thing of nought.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/29-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and ensnare and defraud <span class="itali">meaningless</span> the one<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/34-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 34:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/34.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עָלֶ֛יהָ קַֽו־ <b> תֹ֖הוּ </b> וְאַבְנֵי־ בֹֽהוּ׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/34.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> it the line <span class="itali">of desolation</span> And the plumb line<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/34.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> upon it the line <span class="itali">of confusion,</span> and the stones<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/34-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> over the line <span class="itali">of desolation</span> and the plumb of emptiness<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/40-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 40:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">נֶגְדּ֑וֹ מֵאֶ֥פֶס <b> וָתֹ֖הוּ </b> נֶחְשְׁבוּ־ לֽוֹ׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/40.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> than nothing <span class="itali">and meaningless.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/40.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to him less than nothing, <span class="itali">and vanity.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> before less <span class="itali">and meaningless</span> are regarded<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/40-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 40:23</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">שֹׁ֥פְטֵי אֶ֖רֶץ <b> כַּתֹּ֥הוּ </b> עָשָֽׂה׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/40.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the judges of the earth <span class="itali">meaningless.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/40.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the judges of the earth <span class="itali">as vanity.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the judges of the earth <span class="itali">meaningless</span> makes<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/41-29.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 41:29</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/41.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מַעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם ר֥וּחַ <b> וָתֹ֖הוּ </b> נִסְכֵּיהֶֽם׃ פ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/41.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> are wind <span class="itali">and emptiness.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/41.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [are] wind <span class="itali">and confusion.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/41-29.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> their works are wind <span class="itali">and emptiness</span> their molten<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/44-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 44:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/44.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">פֶ֤סֶל כֻּלָּם֙ <b> תֹּ֔הוּ </b> וַחֲמוּדֵיהֶ֖ם בַּל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/44.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> are all <span class="itali">of them futile,</span> and their precious things<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/44.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> a graven image <span class="itali">[are] all of them vanity;</span> and their delectable things<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/44-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> A graven are all <span class="itali">futile</span> and their precious no<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/45-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 45:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/45.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כֽוֹנְנָ֔הּ לֹא־ <b> תֹ֥הוּ </b> בְרָאָ֖הּ לָשֶׁ֣בֶת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/45.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> it [and] did not create <span class="itali">it a waste place,</span> [but] formed<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/45.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> it, he created <span class="itali">it not in vain,</span> he formed<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/45-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> established not <span class="itali">a waste</span> create to be inhabited<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/45-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 45:19</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/45.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לְזֶ֥רַע יַעֲקֹ֖ב <b> תֹּ֣הוּ </b> בַקְּשׁ֑וּנִי אֲנִ֤י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/45.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Seek <span class="itali">Me in a waste place;</span> I, the LORD,<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/45.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Seek <span class="itali">ye me in vain:</span> I the LORD<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/45-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to the offspring of Jacob <span class="itali">a waste</span> Seek I<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/49-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 49:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/49.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לְרִ֣יק יָגַ֔עְתִּי <b> לְתֹ֥הוּ </b> וְהֶ֖בֶל כֹּחִ֣י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/49.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> My strength <span class="itali">for nothing</span> and vanity;<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/49.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> my strength <span class="itali">for nought,</span> and in vain:<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/49-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> vain have toiled <span class="itali">nothing</span> and vanity my strength<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/59-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 59:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/59.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בָּט֤וֹחַ עַל־ <b> תֹּ֙הוּ֙ </b> וְדַבֶּר־ שָׁ֔וְא</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/59.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> They trust <span class="itali">in confusion</span> and speak<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/59.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> they trust <span class="itali">in vanity,</span> and speak<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/59-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> trust in <span class="itali">confusion</span> and speak lies<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/4-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 4:23</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָאָ֔רֶץ וְהִנֵּה־ <b> תֹ֖הוּ </b> וָבֹ֑הוּ וְאֶל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and behold, <span class="itali">[it was] formless</span> and void;<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the earth, <span class="itali">and, lo, [it was] without form,</span> and void;<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/4-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the earth and behold <span class="itali">formless</span> and void and to<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8414.htm">20 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8414.htm">Strong's Hebrew 8414<br>20 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/betohu_8414.htm">bə·ṯō·hū — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hattohu_8414.htm">hat·tō·hū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kattohu_8414.htm">kat·tō·hū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/letohu_8414.htm">lə·ṯō·hū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/tohu_8414.htm">ṯō·hū — 10 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/uvetohu_8414.htm">ū·ḇə·ṯō·hū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vatohu_8414.htm">wā·ṯō·hū — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vattohu_8414.htm">ḇat·tō·hū — 2 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table 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