Strong’s H5994 · Hebrew

עֲמִיק
ʻămîyq
am-eek'

Definition

profound, i.e. unsearchable

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H6012 (עָמֵק);

Where the KJV renders it

  • deep

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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