See also:

• ABYSS (Gr. as, privative, ,6u6QOs, bottom)

ABYSS (Gr. as, privative, ,6u6QOs, bottom)  , a bottomless See also:

• DEPTH

depth; hence any deep See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . From the See also:

• LATE

late popular abyssimus (superlative of See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low Latin abyssus) through the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French abisme (i.e. abime) is derived the poetic See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form abysm, pronounced as late as 1616 to See also:

• RHYME

rhyme with See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . The See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective " abyssal " or " abysmal " has been used by zoologists to describe deep regions of the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea; hence abysmal See also:

• ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

zone, abysmal See also:

• FLORA

flora and See also:

• FAUNA

fauna, abysmal accumulations, the See also:

• DEPOSIT (Lat. depositurn, from deponere, to lay down, to put in the care of)

deposit on the abysmal See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed of the ocean . In See also:

• HERALDRY

heraldry, the See also:

• ABYSS (Gr. as, privative, ,6u6QOs, bottom)

abyss is the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of an See also:

• ESCUTCHEON (0. Fr. escucheon, escusson, modern dcusson, through a Late Lat. form from Lat. Scutum, shield)

escutcheon . In the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek version of the Old Testament the word represents (s) the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• CHAOS

chaos (Gen. i . 2), (2) the See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew See also:

• IDIOM (Gr. t&%wµa, something peculiar and personal; lbws, one's own, personal)

Idiom (" a surging See also:

• WATER

water-deep "), which is used also in apocalyptic and kabbalistic literature and in the New Testament for See also:

• HELL (0. Eng. hel, a Teutonic word from a root meaning " to cover," cf. Ger. Holle, Dutch hel)

hell, the place of See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment (cf . "Eurip . Phoen. for the " yawning chasm of See also:

• TARTARUS

Tartarus "); in the Revised (not the Authorized) version abyss is generally used for this See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea . Primarily in the See also:

• SEPTUAGINT, THE (Gr. of 0', Lat. LXX.)

Septuagint cosmography the word is applied (a) to the See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters under the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth which originally covered it, and from which the springs and See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers are supplied, (b) to the waters of the See also:

• FIRMAMENT

firmament which were regarded as closely connected with those below . Derivatively, from the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general idea of depth, it acquired the meaning of the place of the dead, though apparently never quite the same as Sheol . In See also:

• REVELATION, BOOK OF

Revelation it is the See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison of evil See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits whence- they may occasionally be let loose, and where' Satan is doomed to spend r000 years . Beneath the See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar in the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem there was believed to be a passage which led down to the abyss of the See also:

• WORLD

world, where the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation-See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone of the earth was laid .

In rabbinical cosmography the abyss is a region of Gehenna situated below the ocean bed and divided into three or seven parts imposed one above the other . In the See also:

• KABBALAH (late Hebrew kabbalah, gabbalah)

Kabbalah the abyss as the opening into the See also:

• LOWER

lower world is the See also:

• ABODE (from " abide," to dwell, properly " to wait for ," to bide)

abode of evil spirits, and corresponds to the opening of the abyss to the world above . In general the abyss is regarded vaguely as it place` of indefinite extent, the abode of See also:

• MYSTERY (Gr. µw(Trilpcov, from tcuvrm, an initiate, µfew, to shut the mouth)

mystery and sorrow . See G . See also:

• SCHIAPARELLI, GIOVANNI VIRGINIO (1835-191o)

Schiaparelli, See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

Astronomy in the Old Testament (Eng. trans., See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, 1905) .