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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
− | [http://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://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 |
| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] | | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
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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]]. |
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− | In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint Septuagint], or [[Greek]] version of the [[Hebrew Bible]], the [[word]] represents both the [[original]] [[chaos]] ([http://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 [http://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 [http://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 [http://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 [http://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 [http://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. |
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| In the [[parable]] of [[Lazarus]] there is an abyss between the [[righteous]] dead and the [[wicked]] dead in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheol Sheol]. | | In the [[parable]] of [[Lazarus]] there is an abyss between the [[righteous]] dead and the [[wicked]] dead in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheol Sheol]. |
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− | [http://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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_times end times]. | + | [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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_times end times]. |
| ==See also== | | ==See also== |
| *'''''[[Chasm]]''''' | | *'''''[[Chasm]]''''' |
| *'''''[[Vacuum]]''''' | | *'''''[[Vacuum]]''''' |
| [[Category: Languages and Literature]] | | [[Category: Languages and Literature]] |