- Original: βαθύνω - Transliteration: Bathuno - Phonetic: bath-oo'-no - Definition: 1. 'the deep' sea (the 'high seas') 2. deep, extreme poverty, the deep things of God, things hidden and above man's scrutiny, especially divine counsels 3. to make deep - Origin: from G901 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G901 ; to deepen: - deep.