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Depth [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Deepness; the distance or measure of a thing from the surface to the bottom, or to the extreme part downwards or inwards. The depth of a river may be ten feet. The depth of the ocean is unfathomable. The depth of a wound may be an inch. In a vertical direction, depth is opposed to highth.

2. A deep place.

3. The sea, the ocean.

4. The depth closed me round about. Jonah 2:5 .

5. The abyss; a gulf of infinite profundity.

6. When he set a compass on the face of the depth Proverbs 8:27 .

7. The middle or highth of a season, as the depth of winter; or the middle, the darkest or stillest part, as the depth of night; or the inner part, a part remote from the border, as the depth of a wood or forest.

8. Abstruseness; obscurity; that which is not easily explored; as the depth of a science.

9. Unsearchableness; infinity.

10. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God. Romans 11:33 .

11. The breadth and depth of the love of Christ, are its vast extent.

12. Profoundness; extent of penetration, or of the capacity of penetrating; as depth of understanding; depth of skill.

13. The depth of a squadron or battalion, is the number of men in a file, which forms the extent from the front to the rear; as a depth of three men or six men.

14. depth of a sail, the extent of the square sails from the head-rope to the foot-rope, or the length of the after-leech of a stay-sail or boom-sail.

Depth [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops.

2. Profoundness; extent or degree of intensity; abundance; completeness; as, depth of knowledge, or color.

3. Lowness; as, depth of sound.

4. That which is deep; a deep, or the deepest, part or place; the deep; the middle part; as, the depth of night, or of winter.

5. The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content.

6. A pair of toothed wheels which work together.

Depthen [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To deepen.

Depthless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Having no depth; shallow.

2. Of measureless depth; unfathomable.

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35 KJV and 51 BSB verses contain “depth” — showing the first 20. Show all 64 verses (searchable)

Genesis 7:20

Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.

Genesis 49:25

Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.

Exodus 15:5

The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.

Exodus 15:8

And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

Deuteronomy 8:7

For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;

Deuteronomy 32:22

For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

1 Samuel 1:16

Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.

Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”

Nehemiah 9:11

And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.

Job 28:14

The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’

Job 36:30

Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.

Job 38:16

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?

Job 41:31

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.

Psalms 33:7

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.

Psalms 46:2

Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,

Psalms 63:9

But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.

Psalms 68:22

The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:

The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea,

Psalms 69:2

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.

Psalms 69:15

Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

Psalms 71:20

Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.

Psalms 77:16

The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.

The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.