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Pit

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: φρέαρ

(Strong's #5421 — Noun Neuter — phrear — freh'-ar )

"a well, dug for water" (distinct from pege, "a fountain"), denotes "a pit" in Revelation 9:1,2 , RV, "the pit (of the abyss)," "the pit," i.e., the shaft leading down to the abyss, AV, "(bottomless) pit;" in Luke 14:6 , RV, "well" (AV, "pit"); in John 4:11,12 , "well." See WELL.

2: βόθυνος

(Strong's #999 — Noun Masculine — bothunos — both'-oo-nos )

is rendered "pit" in Matthew 12:11 : see DITCH.

3: ἄβυσσος

(Strong's #12 — Noun Feminine — abussos — ab'-us-sos )

see BOTTOMLESS , B.

4: ὑπολήνιον

(Strong's #5276 — Noun Neuter — hupolenion — hoop-ol-ah'-nee-on )

denotes "a vessel or trough beneath a winepress," to receive the juice, Mark 12:1 , RV, "a pit for the winepress" (AV, "a place for ... the wine-fat").

Note: For "pits," 2 Peter 2:4 , RV, see CHAIN Note (1).

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Pit'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​p/pit.html. 1940.
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