formless matter
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- _kg_layer
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- attribute
- without beauty
- description
- The initial, unformed, and without beauty substance from which God created the beautiful world, often intimated by the name 'earth invisible and without form' or 'deep'.
- origin
- created by God
- other_names
- earth invisible and without form, darksome deep, almost nothing
- state
- primordial
Relationships
- is_fromGod
- description
- Even in its unformed state, the primordial matter is affirmed to originate from God, as all existing things are from Him.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- was from Him certainly, from Whom is whatsoever is
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T21:55:17.758Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- is intimated byEarth
- description
- The concept of formless matter, which God created, is conveyed to humans through the phrase 'earth invisible and without form'.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- lacksBeauty
- description
- Formless matter is explicitly described as having been created 'without beauty' before the formation of the world.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- which Thou hadst created without beauty
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T21:55:42.766Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk