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==Origin== | ==Origin== | ||
| − | [ | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''abissus'', from Late Latin ''abyssus'', from [[Greek]] ''ἄβυσσο'', from ''abyssos'', adjective, bottomless, from a- + ''byssos'' depth; perhaps akin to [[Greek]] ''bathys'' deep |
| − | *[ | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] |
==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
| − | *1: the bottomless gulf, pit, or [[chaos]] of the old [ | + | *1: the bottomless gulf, pit, or [[chaos]] of the old [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmogony cosmogonies] |
*2a : an immeasurably deep gulf or great [[space]] | *2a : an immeasurably deep gulf or great [[space]] | ||
:b : [[intellectual]] or [[moral]] depths | :b : [[intellectual]] or [[moral]] depths | ||
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[[Abyss]] refers to a bottomless pit, to the underworld, to the deepest [[ocean]] floor, or to [[hell]]. | [[Abyss]] refers to a bottomless pit, to the underworld, to the deepest [[ocean]] floor, or to [[hell]]. | ||
| − | In the [ | + | In the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint Septuagint], or [[Greek]] version of the [[Hebrew Bible]], the [[word]] represents both the [[original]] [[chaos]] ([https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis Genesis 1:2]) and the [[Hebrew]] ''tehom'' ("a surging [[water]]-deep"), which is used also in [[apocalyptic]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbala kabbalistic] [[literature]] and in the [[New Testament]] for [[hell]]; the place of punishment; in the Revised (not the Authorized) version of the [[Bible]] "abyss" is generally used for this [[idea]]. Primarily in the Septuagint [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmography cosmography] the [[word]] is applied both to the waters under the [[earth]] which originally covered it, and from which the springs and [[rivers]] are supplied and to the waters of the firmament which were regarded as closely [[connected]] with those below. |
| − | In the [[parable]] of [[Lazarus]] there is an abyss between the [[righteous]] dead and the [[wicked]] dead in [ | + | In the [[parable]] of [[Lazarus]] there is an abyss between the [[righteous]] dead and the [[wicked]] dead in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheol Sheol]. |
| − | [ | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_9 Revelation 9:11] states that the destroying [[angel]] shall arise out of the abyss during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_times end times]. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*'''''[[Chasm]]''''' | *'''''[[Chasm]]''''' | ||
*'''''[[Vacuum]]''''' | *'''''[[Vacuum]]''''' | ||
[[Category: Languages and Literature]] | [[Category: Languages and Literature]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:35, 12 December 2020
Origin
Middle English abissus, from Late Latin abyssus, from Greek ἄβυσσο, from abyssos, adjective, bottomless, from a- + byssos depth; perhaps akin to Greek bathys deep
Definitions
- 1: the bottomless gulf, pit, or chaos of the old cosmogonies
- 2a : an immeasurably deep gulf or great space
- b : intellectual or moral depths
Description
Abyss refers to a bottomless pit, to the underworld, to the deepest ocean floor, or to hell.
In the Septuagint, or Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, the word represents both the original chaos (Genesis 1:2) and the Hebrew tehom ("a surging water-deep"), which is used also in apocalyptic and kabbalistic literature and in the New Testament for hell; the place of punishment; in the Revised (not the Authorized) version of the Bible "abyss" is generally used for this idea. Primarily in the Septuagint cosmography the word is applied both to the waters under the earth which originally covered it, and from which the springs and rivers are supplied and to the waters of the firmament which were regarded as closely connected with those below.
In the parable of Lazarus there is an abyss between the righteous dead and the wicked dead in Sheol.
Revelation 9:11 states that the destroying angel shall arise out of the abyss during the end times.
