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Strong's G899 βάθος (bathos)

Bathos means “depth” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H899 — beged (“covering”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G899
Language Greek
Linked Usages 32
Books 22

Strong's G899 Quick Answer

Strong's G899 βάθος (bathos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. bathos (bath'-os) n. 1. great depth 2. (of intellect) deep, profound matters It has 32 linked Bible usages across 22 books. Visible English usage signals include depth, deep, great, and depths. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
bathos (bath'-os) n. 1. great depth 2. (of intellect) deep, profound matters
Usage
32 linked usages
Books
22 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
depth, deep, great, and depths

Meaning and Definition

bathos (bath'-os) n. 1. great depth 2. (of intellect) deep, profound matters 3. (by implication) extent 4. (figuratively) mystery [from the base of G939] KJV: deep(-ness, things), depth Root(s): G939 Compare: G901

Original Word
βάθος
Transliteration
bathos
Derivation
Root: βάσις R1: 939
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G899. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

depth

Usage: βάθος, -εος (-ους), τό, [in LXX for מְצוּלָה ,תַּחְתִּי, etc. ;] depth: Mat.13:5, Mrk.4:5, Rom.8:39, Eph.3:18; τὸ β., the deep sea: Luk.5:4; metaphorically, β. πλούτου . . . Θεοῦ, Rom.11:33; τὰ β. τ. Θεοῦ (the Divine counsels), 1Co.2:10; ἡ κατὰ βάθους πτωχεία, deep poverty, 2Co.8:2.† (AS)

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How Strong's G899 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render bathos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

depth Mark 4:5 deep Luke 5:4 depths Revelation 2:24 great 2 Corinthians 8:2

How Strong's G899 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 18 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G899 (βάθος) appears 23 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G899 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G899 in the New Testament

9 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 13:5 KJV

Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

Mark 4:5 KJV

And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

Luke 5:4 KJV

Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

Strong's G899 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

18 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Job 28:11 Septuagint / Brenton

And he has laid bare the depths of rivers, And has brought his power to light.

Psalms 68:3 Septuagint / Brenton

I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me.

Psalms 68:15 Septuagint / Brenton

Save me from the mire, that I stick not in it: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and from the deep waters.

Strong's G899 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 8:14 Septuagint / Brenton

For ye cannot find the depth of the heart of man, neither can ye perceive the things that he thinketh: then how can ye search out God, that hath made all these things, and know his mind, or comprehend his purpose? Nay, my brethren, provoke not the Lord our God to anger.

Wisdom of Solomon 4:3 Septuagint / Brenton

But the multiplying brood of the ungodly shall not thrive, Nor take deep rooting from bastard slips, Nor lay any fast foundation.

Wisdom of Solomon 10:19 Septuagint / Brenton

But she drowned their enemies, And cast them up out of the bottom of the deep.

Strong's G899 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 22:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And there was in it four hollow places, deep and wide and very smooth. How smooth are the hollow places and deep and dark to look at.

Usage Excerpts

First 32 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G899.

Job 28:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he has laid bare the depths of rivers, And has brought his power to light.
Psalms 68:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me.
Psalms 68:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Save me from the mire, that I stick not in it: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and from the deep waters.
Proverbs 18:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When an ungodly man comes into a depth of evils, he despises them; But dishonor and reproach come upon him.
Ecclesiastes 7:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That which is far beyond what was, And a great depth, who shall find it out?
Isaiah 7:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ask for thyself a sign of the Lord thy God, in the depth or in the height.
Isaiah 51:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Art thou not it that dried the sea, the water, even the abundance of the deep; that made the depths of the sea a way of passage for the delivered and redeemed?
Ezekiel 26:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and great waters shall cover thee; and I shall bring thee down to them that go down to the pit, to the people of old time, and shall cause thee to dwell in the depths of the earth, as in everlasting desolation, with them that go down to the pit, that thou mayest not be inhabited, nor stand upon the land of life;
Ezekiel 31:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
in order that none of the trees by the water should exalt themselves by reason of their size: whereas they set their top in the midst of the clouds, yet they continued not in their high state in their place, all that drank water, all were consigned to death, to the depth of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
Ezekiel 31:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To whom art thou compared? descend, and be thou debased with the trees of paradise to the depth of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword. Thus shall Pharaoh be, and the multitude of his host, saith the Lord God.
Ezekiel 32:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, lament over the strength of Egypt, for the nations shall bring down her daughters dead to the depth of the earth, to them that go down to the pit.
Ezekiel 32:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There is Elam and all his host round about his tomb: all the slain that fell by the sword, and the uncircumcised that go down to the deep of the earth, who caused their fear to be upon the land of the living: and they have received their punishment with them that go down to the pit,
Ezekiel 43:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the measures of the altar by the cubit of a cubit and a span, the cavity shall be a cubit deep, and a cubit shall be the breadth, and the border on the rim of it round about shall be a span: and this shall be the height of the altar
Ezekiel 43:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
from the bottom at the commencement of the hollow part to this great mercy seat, from beneath was two cubits, and the breadth was a cubit; and from the little mercy seat to the great mercy seat, four cubits, and the breadth was a cubit.
Amos 9:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, thence will I search them out and take them; and if they should go down from my presence into the depths of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them.
Jonah 2:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou didst cast me into the depths of the heart of the sea, and the floods compassed me: All thy billows and thy waves have passed upon me.
Micah 7:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He will return and have mercy upon us; he will sink our iniquities, and they shall be cast into the depths of the sea, even all our sins.
Zechariah 10:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall pass through a narrow sea, they shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deep places of the rivers shall be dried up: and all the pride of the Assyrians shall be taken away, and the scepter of Egypt shall be removed.
Matthew 13:5 New Testament, KJV
Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
Mark 4:5 New Testament, KJV
And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
Luke 5:4 New Testament, KJV
Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
Romans 8:39 New Testament, KJV
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 11:33 New Testament, KJV
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
1 Corinthians 2:10 New Testament, KJV
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
2 Corinthians 8:2 New Testament, KJV
How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
Ephesians 3:18 New Testament, KJV
May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
Revelation 2:24 New Testament, KJV
But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
Judith 8:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For ye cannot find the depth of the heart of man, neither can ye perceive the things that he thinketh: then how can ye search out God, that hath made all these things, and know his mind, or comprehend his purpose? Nay, my brethren, provoke not the Lord our God to anger.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But the multiplying brood of the ungodly shall not thrive, Nor take deep rooting from bastard slips, Nor lay any fast foundation.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But she drowned their enemies, And cast them up out of the bottom of the deep.
Wisdom of Sirach 51:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
From the depth of the belly of hell, From an unclean tongue, and from lying words.
1 Enoch 22:2 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was in it four hollow places, deep and wide and very smooth. How smooth are the hollow places and deep and dark to look at.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G899, grouped by book.

Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 2 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G899 FAQ

What does bathos (βάθος) mean?

Bathos (Strong's G899) is a Greek word most simply glossed "depth". bathos (bath'-os) n. 1. great depth 2. (of intellect) deep, profound matters

How many times is bathos (βάθος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 32 linked usages for Strong's G899 across 22 books.

Where can I study bathos (βάθος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G899 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate bathos (βάθος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as depth, deep, great, and depths. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G899 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 18 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G899, with linked reader references where each row is available.