Midvash

בֹּהוּbôhûw

emptiness (Genesis 1:2; Jeremiah 4:23; Isaiah 34:11)

Pronunciation: bo'-hoo · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H922

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 1:2 The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
  • Isaiah 34:11 It will be haunted by the desert owl and the screech owl, the great owl and the raven. For God will measure that land carefully; he will measure it for chaos and destruction.
  • Jeremiah 4:23 I looked at the earth, and it was empty and formless. I looked at the heavens, and there was no light.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).