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Gen 1:2
The earth
776
was
1
A
formless
8414
and void
922
, and
B
darkness
2822
was over
5921
the
2
surface
6440
of the deep
8415
, and
C
the Spirit
7307
of God
430
D
was
3
moving
7363b
over
5921
the
2
surface
6440
of the waters
4325
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AMPLIFIED
2015
Gen 1:2
The earth was
1
formless and void
or
a waste and emptiness, and darkness was upon the face of the deep [primeval ocean that covered the unformed earth]. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters.
NASB Translator's Notes:
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1
Or
a waste and emptiness
2
Lit
face of
3
Or
hovering
Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
Literal renderings, alternate translations or explanations.
1
The Hebrew text here has two rhyming words,
tohu
and
bohu,
which have similar meanings of "wasteness" and "emptiness." The construction is a figure of speech called
hendiadys,
in which two words are used together to express the same idea. The meaning is that the earth had no clearly discernible features at this point in creation but essentially was a mass of raw materials. This proves to be very important from philosophical and scientific viewpoints, because it documents the fact that the raw matter of the earth--and by extension, of the universe--did not coexist eternally with God, but was created by Him
ex nihilo
(Latin "out of nothing").
NASB Cross References:
Related verses.
A
Jer 4:23
¶ I looked on the earth, and behold,
it was
formless and void;
And to the heavens, and they had no light.
B
Job 38:9
When I made a cloud its garment
And thick darkness its swaddling band,
C
Ps 104:30
You send forth Your Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the ground.
D
Deut 32:11
"Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
That hovers over its young,
He spread His wings and caught them,
He carried them on His pinions.
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Heb.
430
elohim
(43b); pl. of 433;
God, god:--
divine(1), divine being(1), exceedingly(1), God(2326), god(45), God's(14), goddess(2), godly(1), gods(204), great(2), judges(3), mighty(2), rulers(1), shrine*(1).
776
erets
(75d); a prim. root;
earth, land:--
common(1), countries(15), countries and their lands(1), country(44), countryside(1), distance*(3), dust(1), earth(655), earth the ground(1), earth's(1), fail*(1), floor(1), ground(119), land(1581), lands(57), lands have their land(2), open(1), other*(2), piece(1), plateau*(1), region(1), territories(1), wild(1), world(3).
922
bohu
(96a); from an unused word;
emptiness:--
emptiness(1), void(2).
2822
choshek
(365a); from 2821;
darkness, obscurity:--
dark(5), darkness(73), obscurity(2).
4325
mayim
(565b); a prim. root;
waters, water:--
flood(1), loins(1), pool(1), Water(5), water(373), watering(1), waterless*(1), waters(192).
5921
al
(752c); from 5927;
upon, above, over:--
about(27), about*(1), above(43), above*(16), accordance(2), accordance*(1), according(40), according*(2), account(11), account*(2), across*(1), addition(4), addition*(1), afflicted(1), after(14), after*(1), against(536), against*(1), along(11), alongside*(1), although(1), among(7), around(11), attention*(1), because(82), because*(49), before(10), before*(19), behalf(18), behind*(2), beside(47), beside*(6), besides(5), besiege*(1), besieged*(13), besieging(1), besieging*(5), better than(1), between(1), beyond(3), beyond*(1), bordered*(1), care(1), carried(1), charge(31), charge*(1), command(1), committed(1), concerning(97), concerning*(5), confront(1), confront*(1), connection(1), conquer*(1), consider*(3), considered*(2), contrary(1), corresponding(2), corresponding*(1), crowns(1), defiance*(1), despite(1), due(1), duty(1), east*(7), encouragingly*(2), engaged(1), even(1), everywhere*(1), faces*(1), facing*(1), far(2), forsaking*(1), full*(1), fully*(1), have charge(1), inasmuch*(5), instead*(1), leave*(1), length*(1), more than(2), much(1), named*(1), near(4), next(9), next*(13), now*(1), obliging*(1), off(6), off*(5), opposed(1), opposite(1), opposite*(4), ornamented*(1), over(538), over*(6), overflowing*(1), overflows*(1), overlooks*(3), part(1), planned*(1), pleased*(1), pleases*(2), presence(2), pressed*(1), prompts*(1), reason(2), reason*(6), received(1), regard(3), regarding(1), respect(1), responsibility(1), ruthlessly*(1), sake(4), sake*(1), sakes(2), settled*(1), since*(1), so(1), so*(2), sorrow(1), spite(2), steward*(4), surround*(1), sworn*(1), task(1), than(1), than were over(1), theirs*(1), therefore*(139), thereon(1), through(3), throughout(3), together(3), too(3), top(1), top*(2), toward(20), toward*(5), under(12), until(1), upright*(2), upside*(1), urged*(1), view(1), way(1), when(1), where(1), where*(5), wherever*(2), while(1), why*(10), within(13), within*(1), wore(1).
6440
panim
or
paneh
(815d); from 6437;
face, faces:--
above(1), abroad*(1), accept*(3), accepted*(1), account(1), account*(2), across*(1), adjacent*(1), after*(1), again(1), against(6), against*(2), aged*(1), ahead(15), along*(1), anger(1), another*(1), appearance(2), appease*(1), around(1), attend(1), attend*(1), attended(1), attention(3), attitude(2), awaits(1), battle*(1), because*(80), before(868), before the in front(1), before*(137), condition(1), confront*(1), corresponding*(2), countenance(12), covering*(1), defer*(1), defiance*(1), direction(1), disposal(2), down(1), east(1), east*(1), east*(6), edge(2), entertained*(1), expected*(1), face(259), face to the before(2), face you first(1), face before(1), face*(2), faced(6), faced*(4), faces(49), faces in the presence(1), faces toward(1), faces*(1), facing(7), facing*(4), favor(9), favor*(3), former times(2), formerly(14), forward(3), front(86), front line(1), gaze(1), ground*(1), head(2), headlong(1), honor*(1), honorable*(3), humiliation*(1), insolent*(1), intended(1), kindly(2), land(1), leading(1), led(1), length*(1), lifetime(1), long(2), meet(6), mind(4), mouth(1), old(1), open(15), openly*(1), opposite*(5), ours(1), outer(1), outran*(1), over(3), over*(1), overlooks*(2), own(1), partial*(3), partiality*(11), personal(2), personally(2), preceded(2), presence(131), presence and before(1), presence of the before(1), presence on the before(1), presented*(2), previously(1), prior(1), receive*(2), remain*(1), repulse*(2), request(1), respect(1), respected*(1), served*(4), service*(3), shame*(2), sight(26), sight*(1), straight*(3), stubborn*(1), surface(26), table(1), tops(1), toward*(4), under(1), upside*(1), vanguard(1), whole(1), withstand*(1).
7307
ruach
(924c); from an unused word;
breath, wind, spirit:--
air(2), anger(1), blast(2), breath(31), breathless*(1), cool(1), courage(1), despondency*(1), exposed(1), grief*(1), heart(1), inspired(1), mind(3), motives(1), points(1), quick-tempered*(1), side(4), sides(2), Spirit(76), spirit(127), spirits(3), strength(1), temper(2), thoughts*(1), trustworthy*(1), wind(98), winds(7), windy(2), wrath(1).
7363b
rachaph
(934b); a prim. root;
to hover:--
hovers(1), moving(1).
8414
tohu
(1062c); from an unused word;
formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness:--
chaos(1), confusion(1), desolation(1), emptiness(1), empty space(1), formless(2), futile(2), futile things(1), meaningless(2), meaningless arguments(1), nothing(2), waste(3), waste place(2).
8415
tehom
or
tehom
(1062d); from an unused word;
deep, sea, abyss:--
deep(22), deeps(8), depths(4), ocean depths(1), springs(1).
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