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There are several Hebrew words translated 'pit.' The principal are:

1. sheol , 'the grave, hades, hell.' Numbers 16:30,33; Job 17:16 .

2. shachath, 'a pit, a pitfall to entrap animals,' place of doom and corruption. Job 33:18,24,28,30; Psalm 9:15; Psalm 30:9; Psalm 35:7; Ezekiel 28:8; etc.

3. bor, beer, 'pit or well dug for water,' but which could be used for a dungeon. Genesis 37:20-29; Psalm 28:1; Psalm 40:2; Psalm 88:4,6; Ezekiel 26:20; Zechariah 9:11; etc. See BOTTOMLESS PIT.