08414

08414 תֹּ֫הוּ tohuw (to'-hoo)

from an unused root meaning to lie waste; Noun Male

AV-vain 4, vanity 4, confusion 3, without form 2, wilderness 2, nought 2, nothing 1, empty place 1, waste 1; 20

1) formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness

1a) formlessness (of primeval earth)

1a1) nothingness, empty space

1b) that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (fig)

1c) wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places)

1d) place of chaos

1e) vanity

++++ For a discussion of the Gap Theory, see Science 15.