bathos · depth

What it means

bathos (βάθος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “depth”.

The deep.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The bottom of the sea; the unfathomable things of God; extreme poverty.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• depth ×5
• deep ×2
• depths ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Luke×1
• Romans×2
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Ephesians×1

• Matthew 13:5

  Other seeds fell on the rocky ground, where they did not have much soil; and at once they sprang up, because they did not have depth of soil.

• Mark 4:5

  And other seed fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and at once it sprang up, because it did not have depth of soil.

• Luke 5:4

  And when he had stopped speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch.”

• Romans 8:39

  nor height nor depth nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in the Messiah Jesus our Lord.

• Romans 11:33

  O the depth of the riches and of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and unfathomable his ways!

• 1 Corinthians 2:10

  For to us God revealed it through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

• 2 Corinthians 8:2

  that in a great test of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty have overflowed into the wealth of their generosity.

• Ephesians 3:18

  so that you may be able to grasp with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,