tohu-bohun.

/təʊhuːˈbəʊhuː/

Forms: 1600s tohu and bohu, tohu-vavohu, -vabohu, 1700s–1800s tohubohu.

Etymology: < Hebrew thōhū wa-bhōhū ‘emptiness and desolation’, in Gen. i. 2, rendered in Bible of 1611 ‘without form and void’. So French thohu et bohu (Rabelais 1548), tohu-bohu (Voltaire 1776).

That which is empty and formless; chaos; utter confusion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun] > chaos

havoc1480

chaos?1533

tohu-bohu1619

Tophet1837

carnage1848

choss1937

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 219 That Prophecie..that the world should be two thousand yeares Tohu emptie and without Law.]

1619 S. Purchas Microcosmus xxviii. 275 It is..not any figure, but a Chaos, a Tohu and Bohu, a meere confusion.

1645 A. Henderson Serm. before Lords To Rdr. sig. A3^v That such a Tohu vavohu, can be the face of the Kingdome of Christ.

1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. i. 24–5) 16 Mans heart is a meer emptiness, a very Tohu vabohu.

1693 J. Ray Three Physico-theol. Disc. (ed. 2) i. ii. 5 The Earth..which was made tohu vabohu, without form and void.

1879 W. E. Gladstone Gleanings Past Years VI. iii. 180 Yet a judge may..be required to dive, at a moment's notice, into the tohu-bohu of inquiries, which have never yet emerged from the stage of chaos.

1883 R. Browning Jochanan Hakkadosh 721 How from this tohu-bohu—hopes which dive, And fears which soar.

1894 L. S. Houghton tr. Sabatier St. Francis iii. 36 That tohu-bohu of mystery and folly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	tohu-bohu
释义	tohu-bohun. /təʊhuːˈbəʊhuː/ Forms: 1600s tohu and bohu, tohu-vavohu, -vabohu, 1700s–1800s tohubohu. Etymology: < Hebrew thōhū wa-bhōhū ‘emptiness and desolation’, in Gen. i. 2, rendered in Bible of 1611 ‘without form and void’. So French thohu et bohu (Rabelais 1548), tohu-bohu (Voltaire 1776). That which is empty and formless; chaos; utter confusion. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun] > chaos havoc1480 chaos?1533 tohu-bohu1619 Tophet1837 carnage1848 choss1937 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 219 That Prophecie..that the world should be two thousand yeares Tohu emptie and without Law.] 1619 S. Purchas Microcosmus xxviii. 275 It is..not any figure, but a Chaos, a Tohu and Bohu, a meere confusion. 1645 A. Henderson Serm. before Lords To Rdr. sig. A3^v That such a Tohu vavohu, can be the face of the Kingdome of Christ. 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. i. 24–5) 16 Mans heart is a meer emptiness, a very Tohu vabohu. 1693 J. Ray Three Physico-theol. Disc. (ed. 2) i. ii. 5 The Earth..which was made tohu vabohu, without form and void. 1879 W. E. Gladstone Gleanings Past Years VI. iii. 180 Yet a judge may..be required to dive, at a moment's notice, into the tohu-bohu of inquiries, which have never yet emerged from the stage of chaos. 1883 R. Browning Jochanan Hakkadosh 721 How from this tohu-bohu—hopes which dive, And fears which soar. 1894 L. S. Houghton tr. Sabatier St. Francis iii. 36 That tohu-bohu of mystery and folly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1619
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