'Deep' in the Bible
Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness [was] over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God [was] hovering over the surface of the waters.
And Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man. While he slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up {the flesh where it had been}.
In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month--on that day all the springs of the great deep were split open, and the windows of heaven were opened.
And the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.
And it happened, as the sun {went down}, then a deep sleep fell upon Abram and, behold, a great terrifying darkness fell upon him.
Because of the God of your father he will help you and [by] Shaddai he will bless you with the blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that crouches beneath, blessings of the breasts and the womb.
The deep waters covered them; they went down into the depths like a stone.
And by the breath of your nostrils waters were piled up; waves stood like a heap; deep waters in the middle of the sea congealed.
And of Joseph he said, "Blessed by Yahweh [is] his land, with the choice things of heaven, with dew, and with the deep lying down beneath,
So David took the spear and the jar of water from [near] Saul's head, and they went [away]. {No one saw, no one knew, and no one awakened}, for all of them [were] sleeping because a deep sleep of Yahweh had fallen upon them.
On top of the stand [was] half a cubit deep, circular all around, and on the top of the stand [were] its supports and its frames.
Then Solomon said, "Yahweh has decided to dwell in the deep gloom.
Let darkness and deep shadow claim it; let clouds settle on it; let them terrify it [with the] blackness of day.
Amid troubling thoughts from night visions, at [the] falling of deep sleep on men,
Before I go--and I will not return-- to [the] land of darkness and deep shadow,
to [the] land of darkness, like [the] darkness of a deep shadow and {chaos}, so that it shines forth like darkness.'"
"He uncovers mysteries out of darkness, and he brings deep shadow to the light.
My face is red because of weeping, and deep shadows [are] on my eyelids,
because morning likewise is to them deep darkness; indeed, they know about [the] terrors of deep darkness.
He puts an end to darkness, and he searches out the farthest limits [for the] ore [in] gloom and deep shadow.
The deep says, 'It [is] not in me,' and [the] sea says, 'It is not with me.'
"In a dream, a vision of [the] night, when a deep sleep falls on men slumbering on [their] bed,
There is no darkness, and there is no deep shadow where instigators of mischief might hide themselves.
"Have you entered into [the] sea's sources? Or have you walked around in [the] recesses of the deep?
Have [the] gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen [the] gates of deep shadow?
Like stone [the] waters become hard, and [the] faces of the deep freeze.
It makes [the] deep boil like a cooking pot; it makes [the] sea like a pot of ointment.
Behind it, {it leaves a glistening wake}; one would think [that] the deep [has] gray hair.
Your righteousness [is] {like the mighty mountains}, your judgments [like the] great deep. You save man and beast, O Yahweh.
'I delight to do your will, O my God, and your law [is] {deep within me}.'"
Deep [is] calling to deep at the thunder of your waterfalls. All your breakers and your waves have passed over me.
But you have crushed us in a place of jackals, and have covered us with deep shadow.
{They carefully plot} injustices [saying], "We have perfected {the perfect plot}!" Both [the] {inner thought} and heart of man [are] deep.
I sink in [the] mud of the deep, and there is no foothold. I have come to watery depths, and [the] torrent floods over me.
Do not let the torrent of waters flood over me, or [the] deep swallow me, or the pit close its mouth over me.
You prepared [a place] before it, and {it took deep root} and filled [the] land.
How great are your deeds, O Yahweh; [how] very deep are your thoughts.
You covered it with [the] deep as with a garment. [The] waters stood above [the] mountains.
So he rebuked {the Red Sea}, and it dried up, and he led them through the deep as [through] a desert.
they saw the works of Yahweh, and his wonderful deeds in [the] deep.
The way of the wicked ones [is] like deep darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.
{when he established} the heavens, there I [was], {when he drew} a circle upon the face of the deep,
{when he made} skies from above, when he founded fountains of the deep,
Deep waters [are] words of the mouth of a man; a gushing stream [is] a fountain of wisdom.
Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person of idleness will suffer hunger.
Deep waters [are like] purpose in the heart of a man, and a man of understanding will draw it out.
A deep pit is the mouth of an {adulteress}, [he with whom] Yahweh is angry will fall there.
For a deep pit is a prostitute, and a narrow well is {an adulteress}.
"Ask for a sign for yourself from Yahweh God; make [it] deep [as] Sheol or make [it] high as above."
For Yahweh has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep, and he has shut your eyes, the prophets, and he has covered your heads, the seers.
Ah! Those who make a plan deep, to hide [it] from Yahweh, and their deeds are in a dark place. And they say, "Who sees us? And who knows us?"
For Topheth has been prepared from yesterday; indeed, it is made ready for the king. He makes its pile of wood deep and wide; he makes fire and wood {abundant}. The breath of Yahweh burns in it like a stream of sulfur.
Turn back to [the one against] whom the sons of Israel have made deep rebellion.
who says to the deep, 'Dry up! And I will cause your rivers to dry up';
Are you not the one who dried up [the] sea, [the] waters of [the] great deep, the one who {made} [the] depths of [the] sea a way for those who are redeemed to cross over?
And you climbed down to the king with oil, and you made your perfumes numerous, and you sent your envoys {far away}, and you {sent down deep} to Sheol.
And they did not say, 'Where [is] Yahweh, the one who brought us up from the land of Egypt, the one who led us in the desert, in a land of desert plains and gorges, in a land of dryness and deep darkness, in a land {that no one passes through}, and no human lives there?'
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "You will drink the deep and wide cup of your sister; you will be as laughter and as scorn; {the cup holds so much}!
For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when bringing up over you the deep, the {great surging waters} will cover you.
Waters made it great, the deep made it grow high; its rivers [were] going all around {its planting area}, and its channels it sent [out] to all of the trees of the field.
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "On the day of its going down [to] Sheol, I caused mourning; I covered over it [with] the deep, and I withheld its rivers, and many waters were restrained, and I brought gloom over it; Lebanon and all of the trees of the field, they [had] fainted because of it.
"Son of man, mourn over the hordes of Egypt, and make her go down, [and] with her [the] daughters of mighty nations, {down to the deep underworld} with [the people] going down to [the] grave.
As the man went eastward a measuring line [was] in his hand, and he measured a thousand {cubits}. And he led me through [on] into the water; [it was] {ankle deep}.
And he measured a thousand [cubits], and he brought me over into the waters [and] [it was] {knee deep}. And he measured a thousand [cubits], and he brought me over [into] the waters [and] [it was] {waist deep}.
He reveals the deep and the hidden things; he knows what [is] in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.
they dug a deep pit [in] Shittim, but I [am] a punishment for all of them.
The one who made the Pleiades and Orion and who turns deep darkness into the morning and darkens day [into] night, the one who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh [is] his name!
This is what my Lord Yahweh showed me, and look, my Lord Yahweh was going to call for a legal case with fire, and it devoured the great deep and it ate up the plots of ground.
And you threw me [into the] deep, into the heart of [the] seas, and [the] sea currents surrounded me; all your breakers and your surging waves passed over me.
[The] waters encompassed me up to [my] neck; [the] deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
[When the] mountains saw you they writhed; a torrent of waters swept by; the deep gave its voice; it raised its hands on high.
That day [will be] a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of disaster and ruination, a day of darkness and deep gloom, a day of clouds and thick clouds,