Hebrew Word Study
H8414
תֹּהוּ
tôhûw
H8414 · Hebrew
Empty, formless, void. Tohu. The state of the earth before God spoke. God specialises in taking what is empty and formless and making something beautiful.
Verses with this word
Genesis 1:2
“And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon th...”
1 Samuel 12:21
“And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.”
Job 26:7
“He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.”
Isaiah 24:10
“The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.”
Isaiah 34:11
“But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch o...”