"depth; τὸ βάθος, deep water, Lk. 5:4; Mt. 13:5; met. fullness, abundance, immensity, Rom. 11:33; an extreme degree, 2 Cor. 8:2; pl. profundities, deep-laid plans, 1 Cor. 2:10; Rev. 2:24"
Definition and meaning
depth; τὸ βάθος, deep water, Lk. 5:4; Mt. 13:5; met. fullness, abundance, immensity, Rom. 11:33; an extreme degree, 2 Cor. 8:2; pl. profundities, deep-laid plans, 1 Cor. 2:10; Rev. 2:24
In the original Greek the word is written: βάθος
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of bathos (G899) across the King James Bible.
Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
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.
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!
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
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.
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Common questions
Strong's G899 (bathos) is a Greek word that means: depth; τὸ βάθος, deep water, Lk. 5:4; Mt. 13:5; met. fullness, abundance, immensity, Rom. 11:33; an extreme degree, 2 Cor. 8:2; pl. profundities, deep-laid plans, 1 Cor. 2:10; Rev. 2:24 It appears 9 times in the King James Bible.
The word bathos (G899) appears 9 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G899 is bathos, a Greek word defined as: depth; τὸ βάθος, deep water, Lk. 5:4; Mt. 13:5; met. fullness, abundance, immensity, Rom. 11:33; an extreme degree, 2 Cor. 8:2; pl. profundities, deep. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
bathos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.