What does βαθύς (bathýs) mean in the Bible?
βαθύς (bathýs) is a Greek word meaning "profound (as going down), literally or figuratively".
Greek · G901
βαθύς
Profound (as going down), literally or figuratively
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βαθύς G901
Pronunciation bathýs
What does βαθύς (bathýs) mean in the Bible?
βαθύς (bathýs) is a Greek word meaning "profound (as going down), literally or figuratively".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G901?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a deep (1), deep (1), deep things (1), very early (1).
Where does βαθύς (bathýs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 24:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), John (1), Luke (1), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a deep 1× Acts 20:9
deep 1× John 4:11
deep things 1× Revelation 2:24
very early 1× Luke 24:1
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 24:1
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Luke 1 John 1 Acts 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
βαθέα 1x bathea Revelation 2:24
βαθεῖ 1x bathei Acts 20:9
βαθέως 1x batheōs Luke 24:1
βαθύ 1x bathy John 4:11
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 1x Revelation 2:24
Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 20:9
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Luke 24:1
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular 1x John 4:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. profound (as going down), literally or figuratively
Strong's G901
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 4 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
profound (as going down), literally or figuratively
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 24:1 Adjective Genitive Singular Masculine
βαθέος, baqeov
deep, early, profound
Read verse John 4:11 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
βαθύ· baqu
deep, early, profound
Read verse Acts 20:9 Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
βαθεῖ, baqei
deep, early, profound
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter John 4:11 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Luke 24:1 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Acts 20:9 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Rev 2:24 1×
Word Origins
βαθύς is built from this root:
βάσις G939
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain