בֹּהוּ bôhûw
Meaning
a vacuity, i.e. (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin
In the King James Version: emptiness, void.
Derivation: from an unused root (meaning to be empty);
Where it is used
- Genesis 1:2 Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
- Isaiah 34:11 The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.
- Jeremiah 4:23 I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.