עֲמִיק
a.miq
deep
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word עֲמִיק (a.miq) has a short definition of "deep." It falls within the semantic domain of "Water & Weather," suggesting that the word is often used to describe natural environments characterized by water, such as the ocean or a lake, as well as weather conditions, possibly including depth-related elements like cloud depth or atmospheric pressure. Given the word's occurrence in the Bible four times, it is clear that the concept is significant enough to have been noted repeatedly. The usage of this word might be to emphasize the vastness, mystery, or power associated with natural environments beyond the immediate surface level.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
4 total occurrences across the text
But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Isaiah 33:19You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can’t comprehend, with a strange language that you can’t understand.
Ezekiel 3:5For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;
Ezekiel 3:6not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can’t understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.