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Lexicon :: Strong's G12 - abyssos

Aa
ἄβυσσος
Transliteration
abyssos (Key)
Pronunciation
ab'-us-sos
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and a variation of βυθός (G1037)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:9,2

Strong’s Definitions

ἄβυσσος abyssos, ab'-us-sos; from G1 (as a negative particle) and a variation of G1037; depthless, i.e. (specially) (infernal) "abyss":—deep, (bottomless) pit.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G12 in the following manner: bottomless pit (5x), deep (2x), bottomless (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G12 in the following manner: bottomless pit (5x), deep (2x), bottomless (2x).

  1. bottomless

  2. unbounded

  3. the abyss

    1. the pit

    2. the immeasurable depth

    3. of Orcus, a very deep gulf or chasm in the lowest parts of the earth used as the common receptacle of the dead and especially as the abode of demons

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄβυσσος abyssos, ab'-us-sos; from G1 (as a negative particle) and a variation of G1037; depthless, i.e. (specially) (infernal) "abyss":—deep, (bottomless) pit.
STRONGS G12:
ἄβυσσος, in classic Greek an adjective, -ος, -ον, (from ὁ βυσσός equivalent to βυθός), bottomless (so perhaps in Wis. 10:19), unbounded (πλοῦτος ἄβυσσος, Aeschylus, the Sept. (931) 950). in the Scriptures ἡ ἄβυσσος (Sept. for תְּהום) namely, χώρα, the pit, the immeasurable depth, the abyss. Hence, of 'the deep' sea: Genesis 1:2; Genesis 7:11; Deuteronomy 8:7; Sir. 1:3 Sir. 16:18, etc.; of Orcus (a very deep gulf or chasm in the lowest parts of the earth: Psalm 70:21 (Ps. 71:20) ἐκ τῶν ἀβύσσων τῆς γῆς, Euripides, Phoen. 1632 (1605) ταρτάρου ἄβυσσα χάσματα, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 20, 5 ἀβύσσων ἀνεξιχνίαστα κλίματα, ibid. 59, 3 ὁ ἐπιβλέπων ἐν ταῖς ἀβύσσοις, of God; [Act. Thom. 32 ὁ τήν ἄβυσσον τοῦ ταρτάρου οἴκων, of the dragon]), both as the common receptacle of the dead, Romans 10:7, and especially as the abode of demons, Luke 8:31; Revelation 9:1; Revelation 9:11; Revelation 11:7; Revelation 17:8; Revelation 20:1, 3. Among secular authors used as a substantive only by Diogenes Laërtius 4 (5) 27 κατῆλθες εἰς μέλαιναν Πλουτέως ἄβυσσον. Cf. Knapp, Scripta var. Arg., p. 554f; [J. G. Müller, Philo's Lehre von der Weltschöpfung, p. 173f; B. D. American edition under the word Deep].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
1:2; 7:11
Deuteronomy
8:7
Psalms
71:20
Luke
8:31
Romans
10:7
Revelation
9:1; 9:11; 11:7; 17:8; 20:1; 20:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G12 matches the Greek ἄβυσσος (abyssos),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:31 - They were imploring G3870 Him not to command G2004 them to go G565 away G565 into the abyss. G12

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:7 - or G2228 ‘WHO G5101 WILL DESCEND G2597 INTO THE ABYSS G12?’ (that is, to bring G321 Christ G5547 up from the dead).” G3498

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:1 - Then G2532 the fifth G3991 angel G32 sounded, G4537 and I saw G3708 a star G792 from heaven G3772 which had fallen G4098 to the earth; G1093 and the key G2807 of the [fn]bottomless G12 pit G5421 was given G1325 to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:2 - He opened G455 the [fn]bottomless G12 pit, G5421 and smoke G2586 went G305 up out of the pit, G5421 like G5613 the smoke G2586 of a great G3173 furnace; G2575 and the sun G2246 and the air G109 were darkened G4656 by the smoke G2586 of the pit. G5421

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:11 - They have G2192 as king G935 over G1909 them, the angel G32 of the abyss; G12 his name G3686 in Hebrew G1447 is [fn]Abaddon, G3 and in the Greek G1673 he has G2192 the name G3686 [fn]Apollyon. G623

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:7 - When G3752 they have finished G5055 their testimony, G3141 the beast G2342 that comes G305 up out of the abyss G12 will make G4160 war G4171 with them, and overcome G3528 them and kill G615 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:8 - “The beast G2342 that you saw G3708 was, and is not, and is about G3195 to come G305 up out of the abyss G12 and [fn]go G5217 to destruction. G684 And those G3588 who dwell G2730 on the earth, G1093 whose G3739 name G3686 has not been written G1125 in the book G975 of life G2222 from the foundation G2602 of the world, G2889 will wonder G2296 when they see G991 the beast, G2342 that he was and is not and will come. G3918

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:1 - Then G2532 I saw G3708 an angel G32 coming G2597 down G2597 from heaven, G3772 holding G2192 the key G2807 of the abyss G12 and a great G3173 chain G254 [fn]in his hand. G5495

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:3 - and he threw G906 him into the abyss, G12 and shut G2808 it and sealed G4972 it over G1883 him, so G2443 that he would not deceive G4105 the nations G1484 any G2089 longer, G2089 until G891 the thousand G5507 years G2094 were completed; G5055 after G3326 these G3778 things G3778 he must G1163 be released G3089 for a short G3398 time. G5550
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