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bo.hu H922

בֹּהוּ (bo.hu) means “void” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

בֹּהוּ Hebrew · H922 3 tagged occurrences in 3 verses

Pronunciation guide: bo'-hoo Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0922

בֹּהוּ · bo.hu · void

emptiness, void, waste

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from an unused root (meaning to be empty); a vacuity, i.e. (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin

KJV glosses: emptiness, void.

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How translators render H922

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
and void 2
of destruction 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
and void 2
of emptiness 1

Verses containing H922

Page 1 of 1. 3 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Genesis 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

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  2. Isaiah 34:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.

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  3. Jeremiah 4:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.

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Sources and text

Data created by www.STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). STEPBible data · License.

We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.

Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.

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