The deep, or the great deep, signifies in Scripture, hell, the place of punishment, the bottomless pit, Lu 8:31, compare Re 9:1 11:7; the grave, Ro 10:7; the deepest parts of the sea, Ps 69:15 107:26; chaos in the beginning of the world, Ge 1:2. SeeHELL.
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American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
A Dictionary of the Holy Bible, American Tract Society, c. 1859, edited by W. W. Rand.