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ἄβυσσος. In Rom. 10: 7 'the deep' probably refers to the deep sea, for in Deut. 30: 13 (from whence the quotation is made) it is "Who shall go over the sea for us?" and the sea is called 'the deep' elsewhere, as Isa. 51: 10; Isa. 63: 13, etc. In Luke 8: 31 'the deep' refers to the abyss where evil spirits are confined. It is probably the place where the fallen angels are reserved in chains of darkness, 2 Peter 2: 4, where the reference is to tartarus, not gehenna. See BOTTOMLESS PIT.