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תֹּהוּ (tôhûw) n-m (to'-hoo)
Source: from an unused root meaning to lie waste;
Meaning: a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
KJV: confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

תֹּ֫הוּ n.m. formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness (primary meaning difficult to seize)formlessnessfig. of what is empty, unreal {1062}

Appears in a total of 19 verses:

ISA 49:4

OET-LV: 4 And_I I _said to_emptiness I _have _laboured to_nothingness and_Abel strength _of_my I _have _caused _to _fail nevertheless justice _of_my is_with YHWH and_wage[s]_of_my is_with god _of_my. (ISA_49:4)

OET-RV: 4 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 49:4)

ISA 59:4

OET-LV: 4 There_is_not one _who_calls in_righteousness and_there_is_not one _who_enters _into _judgement in_truth they _rely on emptiness and_they _speak worthlessness they _conceive mischief and_they _bring _forth wickedness. (ISA_59:4)

OET-RV: 4 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 59:4)

ISA 41:29

OET-LV: 29 There of _them _of_all are_deception are_nothing deeds _of_their are_a _wind and_emptiness images _of_their _molten. (ISA_41:29)

OET-RV: 29 No, all of them are a delusion—they accomplish nothing.
⇔ Their cast metal images are as empty as the wind. (ISA 41:29)

ISA 24:10

OET-LV: 10 the_town _of It _has _been _broken formlessness every _of it _has _been _shut _up house from_entering. (ISA_24:10)

OET-RV: 10 The town is completely disorganised.
⇔ ≈ All the homes have been boarded up to keep people out. (ISA 24:10)

JOB 12:24

OET-LV: 24 he_is_removing the _heart _of the _leaders _of the _people _of the_earth/land and_he_made _them _wander in_a _wasteland not a _path. (JOB_12:24)

OET-RV: 24 He removes the heart from the leaders of the people of the land,
⇔ and makes them wander in wasteland where there’s no paths. (JOB 12:24)

ISA 45:19

OET-LV: 19 Not in_secrecy I _spoke in_a _place _of a _land _of darkness not I _said to_the _offspring _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) emptiness seek_me I YHWH am_speaking righteousness I_am_declaring uprightness(es). (ISA_45:19)

OET-RV: 19 I didn’t speak in secrecy in a place where it’s all dark.
⇔ It wasn’t in vain that I told Yakov’s descendants to search for me.
⇔ I am Yahweh who says what is right and declares what is proper. (ISA 45:19)

GEN 1:2

OET-LV: 2 And_the_earth it _was formlessness and_emptiness and_darkness was_over the _surface _of the _deep and_spirit god was_hovering over the _surface _of the_waters. (GEN_1:2)

OET-RV: 2 The earth was formless and empty and darkness covered the surface of the depth waters and God’s spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters. (GEN 1:2)

DEU 32:10

OET-LV: 10 He_found _it in_land wilderness and_in_a _wasteland a _howling a _desolate _place he_surrounded _it he_took _care _of _it he_guarded _it like_the _pupil _of his _eye _of_his. (DEU_32:10)

OET-RV: 10 He found him in a land that was just wilderness,
⇔ ≈ and in the barren, howling desert.
⇔ He surrounded him and looked after him—
⇔ watched over him like a precious possession. (DEU 32:10)

SA1 12:21

OET-LV: 21 And_not you(pl)_must _turn _aside if/because after (the)_emptiness which not they _will _benefit and_not they _will _rescue if/because are_emptiness they. (SA1_12:21)

OET-RV: 21 And don’t turn away from Yahweh and worship useless idols because they can’t benefit you or rescue you, because they’re empty of life. (SA1 12:21)

ISA 44:9

OET-LV: 9 those _who_form _of (of)_an _idol of _them _of_all are_nothingness and_their _desired _of_things not they _confer _profit and_witnesses _of_their they not they _see and_not they _know so _that they _may _be _ashamed. (ISA_44:9)

OET-RV: 9 All those who form idols are losers
⇔ ≈ and their expectations won’t be realised.
⇔ Their witnesses can’t see and they don’t know anything,
⇔ so they’ll be ashamed. (ISA 44:9)

ISA 29:21

OET-LV: 21 those _who_cause _to _sin _of (of)_a _person with_a _message and_for_who]_adjudicates in_gate they_lay _a _trap and_they _have _turned _aside with_emptiness the_righteous_person. (ISA_29:21)

OET-RV: 21 those who give false evidence against a person,
⇔ and lay a trap at the city gate for the person who arbitrates,
⇔ and who deprive the innocent person of justice. (ISA 29:21)

JER 4:23

OET-LV: 23 I _looked _at DOM the_earth/land and_see/lo/see it_was_formlessness and_emptiness and_near/to the_heavens and_was_not light _of_their. (JER_4:23)

OET-RV: 23 ◙
⇔ … (JER 4:23)

JOB 26:7

OET-LV: 7 he_is_stretching _out the_north over emptiness he_is_hanging the_earth on not whatever. (JOB_26:7)

OET-RV: 7 He stretches out the north over empty space.
⇔ ≈ He hangs the earth upon nothing at all. (JOB 26:7)

JOB 6:18

OET-LV: 18 the _paths _of They _twist their _way _of_their they _go _up in_wasteland and_they _perish. (JOB_6:18)

OET-RV: 18 Their paths twist in their courses,
⇔ they go out into the wasteland and end there. (JOB 6:18)

ISA 40:17

OET-LV: 17 all _of the_nations are_as_nothing before_him from_nothingness and_emptiness they _are _regarded to_him/it. (ISA_40:17)

OET-RV: 17 All the nations together are still nothing to him.
⇔ He considers their combined power as useless and worthless. (ISA 40:17)

PSA 107:40

OET-LV: 40 he_was_pouring _out contempt on noble_people and_he_made _them _wander in_a _wasteland _of not a _way. (PSA_107:40)

OET-RV: 40 He pours contempt on the leaders
⇔ and makes them wander in the wilderness where there’s no roads, (PSA 107:40)

ISA 40:23

OET-LV: 23 The_one_who_appoints rulers to_nothing judges _of the_earth like_nothingness he _makes. (ISA_40:23)

OET-RV: 23 He decides which officials will come to nothing.
⇔ ≈ He makes the world’s judges irrelevant. (ISA 40:23)

ISA 45:18

OET-LV: 18 if/because thus he _says YHWH who_created the_heavens he the_ʼElohīm who_formed the_earth/land and_who_made _of_it he he_established _it not a _wasteland he_created _it to_dwell _in he_formed _it I am_YHWH and_there_is_not yet. (ISA_45:18)

OET-RV: 18 Yahweh who created the skies, is God.
⇔ ≈ He formed the earth and established it.
⇔ He didn’t create it as a wasteland,
⇔ ^ but rather, he formed it to be lived in.
⇔ Yahweh says this: (ISA 45:18)

ISA 34:11

OET-LV: 11 And_they_will _take _possession _of _it wilderness _owl and_hedgehog and_great _owl and_raven they _will _dwell in_it and_he _will _stretch _out on/upon_it(f) a _measuring-line _of formlessness and_stones _of emptiness. (ISA_34:11)

OET-RV: 11 Desert owls and hedgehogs will take it over—
⇔ ≈ owls and ravens will live there.
⇔ Yahweh will stretch the measuring line of ruin over it
⇔ and plumb lines of destruction. (ISA 34:11)

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