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relates this passage to the mutual witness of the two Testaments, the Old Testament foretelling the New, and the New Testament fulfilling the Old.
385: 452: 496:, Vol. I, Psalms 1–50 (Psalms 1–51 (50)), Ancient Christian writers no. 51 (Paulist Press, New York City/Mahwah, New Jersey 1990), 570: 580: 472: 405: 361: 135:). The term could also refer literally to the depths of the sea, the deep source of a spring or the interior of the Earth. 172: 585: 550: 55:), meaning "bottomless, unfathomable, boundless". It is used as both an adjective and a noun. It appears in the 303: 45: 188: 560: 555: 216: 590: 575: 565: 260: 249: 224: 212: 330: 192: 231: 184: 132: 436: 335: 176: 524: 200: 36: 497: 366: 343: 464: 397: 8: 277: 273: 86: 196: 468: 401: 142: 128: 124: 514: 460: 427: 393: 139: 518: 293: 77: 431: 180: 168: 163:). In the latter sense, specifically, the abyss was often seen as a prison for 28: 281: 544: 220: 208: 64: 510: 204: 156: 106: 60: 269: 242: 102: 265: 146: 56: 384:
Stoops, Robert (1993), Metzger, Bruce M.; Coogan, Michael D. (eds.),
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for their injustice. There they will fight each other until only the
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is an unfathomably deep or boundless place. The term comes from the
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"On the Origin of the World". 494:Cassiodorus: Explanation of the Psalms 383: 355: 353: 173:sent the Gadarene swine into the abyss 374: 465:10.1093/acref/9780199543984.001.0001 398:10.1093/acref/9780195046458.001.0001 370:. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 344:participating institution membership 256:is called "the angel of the abyss". 119:In the original sense of the Hebrew 350: 284:remains and turns against himself. 112: 97: 81: 13: 316: 16:Biblical mythologic bottomless pit 14: 602: 390:The Oxford Companion to the Bible 364:". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). 215:) and serves as a prison for the 149:, either the abode of the dead ( 276:will be cast into the abyss by 70:It translates the Hebrew words 571:Hebrew Bible words and phrases 503: 492:P. G. Walsh (trans. and ed.), 486: 419: 304:Cognitive closure (philosophy) 1: 426:Kaufmann Kohler (1901–1906). 309: 138:In a later extended sense in 581:Septuagint words and phrases 51: 7: 459:, Oxford University Press, 451:Browning, W. R. F. (2009), 392:, Oxford University Press, 287: 10: 607: 261:On the Origin of the World 40: 457:A Dictionary of the Bible 331:Oxford English Dictionary 268:, states that during the 437:The Jewish Encyclopedia 336:Oxford University Press 239:abyssus abyssum invocat 91:'deep, void'), 586:Water and Christianity 551:The Beast (Revelation) 434:; et al. (eds.). 367:Catholic Encyclopedia 360:A. J. Maas (1913). " 189:Deuteronomy 30:12–14 145:, the abyss was the 123:, the abyss was the 334:(Online ed.). 217:Seven-Headed Dragon 561:Book of Revelation 556:Biblical cosmology 201:beast from the sea 197:Book of Revelation 591:Water and Judaism 576:Jewish underworld 566:Chaos (cosmogony) 520:The Gnostic Bible 474:978-0-19-954398-4 407:978-0-19-504645-8 342:(Subscription or 264:, a text used in 183:uses the term in 143:Jewish literature 125:primordial waters 90: 49: 598: 535: 534: 532: 531: 515:Willis Barnstone 507: 501: 490: 484: 483: 482: 481: 448: 442: 441: 423: 417: 416: 415: 414: 381: 372: 371: 357: 348: 347: 339: 327: 320: 270:end of the world 140:intertestamental 115: 114: 100: 99: 85: 83: 54: 44: 42: 606: 605: 601: 600: 599: 597: 596: 595: 541: 540: 539: 538: 529: 527: 508: 504: 491: 487: 479: 477: 475: 449: 445: 432:Singer, Isidore 424: 420: 412: 410: 408: 382: 375: 358: 351: 341: 321: 317: 312: 294:Abyss (Thelema) 290: 250:Revelation 9:11 225:Revelation 20:3 213:Revelation 11:7 17: 12: 11: 5: 604: 594: 593: 588: 583: 578: 573: 568: 563: 558: 553: 537: 536: 502: 485: 473: 443: 418: 406: 373: 349: 314: 313: 311: 308: 307: 306: 301: 296: 289: 286: 221:the Millennium 181:Paul of Tarsus 169:Gospel of Luke 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 603: 592: 589: 587: 584: 582: 579: 577: 574: 572: 569: 567: 564: 562: 559: 557: 554: 552: 549: 548: 546: 526: 522: 521: 516: 512: 506: 499: 495: 489: 476: 470: 466: 462: 458: 454: 447: 439: 438: 433: 429: 422: 409: 403: 399: 395: 391: 387: 380: 378: 369: 368: 363: 356: 354: 345: 337: 333: 332: 326: 319: 315: 305: 302: 300: 297: 295: 292: 291: 285: 283: 279: 275: 271: 267: 263: 262: 257: 255: 251: 246: 244: 240: 237: 233: 228: 226: 222: 218: 214: 210: 209:Revelation 13 206: 203:come out of ( 202: 198: 194: 190: 187:when quoting 186: 182: 178: 174: 170: 166: 162: 158: 157:fallen angels 154: 153: 148: 144: 141: 136: 134: 130: 126: 122: 117: 109: 108: 104: 94: 88: 79: 75: 74: 68: 66: 65:New Testament 63:, and in the 62: 58: 53: 47: 38: 37:Ancient Greek 34: 30: 26: 22: 528:. 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Index

Bible
Greek
Ancient Greek
romanized
Septuagint
Hebrew Bible
New Testament
tehóm
Hebrew
lit.
sea monster
rahab
primordial waters
chaos
Genesis 1:2
intertestamental
Jewish literature
underworld
Sheol
fallen angels
Hell
demons
Gospel of Luke
sent the Gadarene swine into the abyss
Luke 8:31
Paul of Tarsus
Romans 10:7
Deuteronomy 30:12–14
Psalm 71:20
Book of Revelation

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