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Hebrew

בֹּהוּ bo·hu

“void” · 3 times in the Old Testament

Through the Bible

Genesis: onceExodus: 0 timesLeviticus: 0 timesNumbers: 0 timesDeuteronomy: 0 timesJoshua: 0 timesJudges: 0 timesRuth: 0 times1 Samuel: 0 times2 Samuel: 0 times1 Kings: 0 times2 Kings: 0 times1 Chronicles: 0 times2 Chronicles: 0 timesEzra: 0 timesNehemiah: 0 timesEsther: 0 timesJob: 0 timesPsalms: 0 timesProverbs: 0 timesEcclesiastes: 0 timesSong of Songs: 0 timesIsaiah: onceJeremiah: onceLamentations: 0 timesEzekiel: 0 timesDaniel: 0 timesHosea: 0 timesJoel: 0 timesAmos: 0 timesObadiah: 0 timesJonah: 0 timesMicah: 0 timesNahum: 0 timesHabakkuk: 0 timesZephaniah: 0 timesHaggai: 0 timesZechariah: 0 timesMalachi: 0 timesMatthew: 0 timesMark: 0 timesLuke: 0 timesJohn: 0 timesActs: 0 timesRomans: 0 times1 Corinthians: 0 times2 Corinthians: 0 timesGalatians: 0 timesEphesians: 0 timesPhilippians: 0 timesColossians: 0 times1 Thessalonians: 0 times2 Thessalonians: 0 times1 Timothy: 0 times2 Timothy: 0 timesTitus: 0 timesPhilemon: 0 timesHebrews: 0 timesJames: 0 times1 Peter: 0 times2 Peter: 0 times1 John: 0 times2 John: 0 times3 John: 0 timesJude: 0 timesRevelation: 0 timesLawHistoryWisdomProphetsGospelsLetters
  • “void” 2
  • “destruction” 1
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Genesis1
Isaiah1
Jeremiah1

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. void2
  2. destruction1

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“void” 2
  • Genesis 1

    • 1:2 …the earth was formless and void and darkness was over…
  • Jeremiah 1

    • 4:23 …and it was formless and void I looked to the…
“destruction” 1
  • Isaiah 1

    • 34:11 …and a plumb line of destruction

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.