08414 tohuw {to'-hoo}
from an unused root meaning to lie waste; TWOT - 2494a; n m
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 topic 8756\\.