'Deep' in the Bible

Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.

So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep, he took part of the man's side and closed up the place with flesh.

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month -- on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, and the rain stopped falling from the sky.

because of the God of your father, who will help you, because of the sovereign God, who will bless you with blessings from the sky above, blessings from the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and womb.

By the blast of your nostrils the waters were piled up, the flowing water stood upright like a heap, and the deep waters were solidified in the heart of the sea.

If your offering is a grain offering made in a pan, it must be made of choice wheat flour deep fried in olive oil.

anything that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the deep waters of the earth.

Don't consider your servant a wicked woman, for until now I have spoken from my deep pain and anguish."

So David took the spear and the jug of water by Saul's head, and they got out of there. No one saw them or was aware of their presence or woke up. All of them were asleep, for the Lord had caused a deep sleep to fall on them.

Inside the stand was a round opening that was a foot-and-a-half deep; it had a support that was two and one-quarter feet long. On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames.

On top of each stand was a round opening three-quarters of a foot deep; there were also supports and frames on top of the stands.

At noon Elijah mocked them, "Yell louder! After all, he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or perhaps he stepped out for a moment or has taken a trip. Perhaps he is sleeping and needs to be awakened."

In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men,

Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?

He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light.

my face is reddened because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness,

But you have said, 'What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness?

For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.

The deep says, 'It is not with me.' And the sea says, 'It is not with me.'

In a dream, a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds.

There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.

Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep?

when the waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid?

It makes the deep boil like a cauldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment,

It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had a head of white hair.

One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.

But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.

I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.

Rescue me from the mud! Don't let me sink! Deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep water!

Don't let the current overpower me! Don't let the deep swallow me up! Don't let the pit devour me!

The watery deep covered it like a garment; the waters reached above the mountains.

Over here is the deep, wide sea, which teems with innumerable swimming creatures, living things both small and large.

He shouted at the Red Sea and it dried up; he led them through the deep water as if it were a desert.

They witnessed the acts of the Lord, his amazing feats on the deep water.

A song of ascents. From the deep water I cry out to you, O Lord.

When there were no deep oceans I was born, when there were no springs overflowing with water;

When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep,

when he established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep grew strong,

The words of a person's mouth are like deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

Counsel in a person's heart is like deep water, but an understanding person draws it out.

The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.

for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.

As the heaven is high and the earth is deep so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

The people walking in darkness see a bright light; light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness.

the deep waters! Grain from the Shihor region, crops grown near the Nile she receives; she is the trade center of the nations.

At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.

For the burial place is already prepared; it has been made deep and wide for the king. The firewood is piled high on it. The Lord's breath, like a stream flowing with brimstone, will ignite it.

who says to the deep sea, 'Be dry! I will dry up your sea currents,'

Who among you fears the Lord? Who obeys his servant? Whoever walks in deep darkness, without light, should trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.

Did you not dry up the sea, the waters of the great deep? Did you not make a path through the depths of the sea, so those delivered from bondage could cross over?

Make your tent larger, stretch your tent curtains farther out! Spare no effort, lengthen your ropes, and pound your stakes deep.

For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness.

For, look, darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations, but the Lord shines on you; his splendor appears over you.

who led them through the deep water? Like a horse running on flat land they did not stumble.

They did not ask: 'Where is the Lord who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of desert sands and rift valleys, through a land of drought and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?'

"King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon devoured me and drove my people out. Like a monster from the deep he swallowed me. He filled his belly with my riches. He made me an empty dish. He completely cleaned me out."

(Mem) With what can I equate you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you so that I might comfort you, O Virgin Daughter Zion? Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you?

"This is what the sovereign Lord says: "You will drink your sister's deep and wide cup; you will be scorned and derided, for it holds a great deal.

"For this is what the sovereign Lord says: When I make you desolate like the uninhabited cities, when I bring up the deep over you and the surging waters overwhelm you,

It was beautiful in its loftiness, in the length of its branches; for its roots went down deep to plentiful waters.

"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day it went down to Sheol I caused observers to lament. I covered it with the deep and held back its rivers; its plentiful water was restrained. I clothed Lebanon in black for it, and all the trees of the field wilted because of it.

Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10? feet deep.

When the man went out toward the east with a measuring line in his hand, he measured 1,750 feet, and then he led me through water, which was ankle deep.

Again he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was now knee deep. Once more he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was waist deep.

Again he measured 1,750 feet and it was a river I could not cross, for the water had risen; it was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be crossed.

he reveals deep and hidden things. He knows what is in the darkness, and light resides with him.

They have sunk deep into corruption as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their wrongdoing. He will repay them for their sins.

The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw the sovereign Lord summoning a shower of fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields.

You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me; all the mighty waves you sent swept over me.

Water engulfed me up to my neck; the deep ocean surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.

When the mountains see you, they shake. The torrential downpour sweeps through. The great deep shouts out; it lifts its hands high.

Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.

Other seed fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.

When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep water and lower your nets for a catch."

He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep, and laid the foundation on bedrock. When a flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.

"Sir," the woman said to him, "you have no bucket and the well is deep; where then do you get this living water?

A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep while Paul continued to speak for a long time. Fast asleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

They took soundings and found the water was twenty fathoms deep; when they had sailed a little farther they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms deep.

God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

We were encouraged not only by his arrival, but also by the encouragement you gave him, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your deep concern for me, so that I rejoiced more than ever.

For see what this very thing, this sadness as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, what punishment! In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

For there is no one here like him who will readily demonstrate his deep concern for you.

in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction (surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you).

But to the rest of you in Thyatira, all who do not hold to this teaching (who have not learned the so-called "deep secrets of Satan"), to you I say: I do not put any additional burden on you.