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תֹּהוּ
tôhûw · Hebrew · Strong's H8414 · 20 occurrences
The KJV renders 12 different Hebrew and Greek words as “waste”
What it means
a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
from an unused root meaning to lie waste;
How the KJV renders it
confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“waste”
“vain”
“confusion”
“vanity”
Where it appears
20 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 19 verses shown.
1 Samuel 12:21 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 32:10 HC/R/NcmsaGenesis 1:2 HNcmsaIsaiah 24:10 HNcmsaIsaiah 29:21 HRd/NcmsaIsaiah 34:11 HNcmsaIsaiah 40:17 HC/NcmsaIsaiah 40:23 HRd/NcmsaIsaiah 41:29 HC/NcmsaIsaiah 44:9 HNcmsaIsaiah 45:18 HNcmsaIsaiah 45:19 HNcmsaIsaiah 49:4 HR/NcmsaIsaiah 59:4 HNcmsaJeremiah 4:23 HNcmsaJob 6:18 HRd/NcmsaJob 12:24 HR/NcmsaJob 26:7 HNcmsaPsalm 107:40 HR/Ncmsc
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.