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Lexicon :: Strong's G4693 - spēlaion

Aa
σπήλαιον
Transliteration
spēlaion (Key)
Pronunciation
spay'-lah-yon
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a presumed derivative of speos (a grotto)
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Strong’s Definitions

σπήλαιον spḗlaion, spay'-lah-yon; neuter of a presumed derivative of σπέος spéos (a grotto); a cavern; by implication, a hiding-place or resort:—cave, den.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G4693 in the following manner: den (5x), cave (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G4693 in the following manner: den (5x), cave (1x).

  1. a cave, den

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σπήλαιον spḗlaion, spay'-lah-yon; neuter of a presumed derivative of σπέος spéos (a grotto); a cavern; by implication, a hiding-place or resort:—cave, den.
STRONGS G4693:
σπήλαιον, σπηλαίου, τό (σπέος (cavern; cf. Curtius, § 111)), a cave (den): Matthew 21:13; Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46; John 11:38; Hebrews 11:38; Revelation 6:15. (Plato, Plutarch, Lucian, Aelian, others; the Sept. for מְעָרָה.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
21:13
Mark
11:17
Luke
19:46
John
11:38
Hebrews
11:38
Revelation
6:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4693 matches the Greek σπήλαιον (spēlaion),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:13 - And He *said G3004 to them, “It is written G1125: ‘MY HOUSE G3624 WILL BE CALLED G2564 A HOUSE G3624 OF PRAYER G4335’; but you are making G4160 it a DEN G4693 OF ROBBERS G3027.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:17 - And He began to teach G1321 and say G3004 to them, “Is it not written G1125: ‘MY HOUSE G3624 WILL BE CALLED G2564 A HOUSE G3624 OF PRAYER G4335 FOR ALL G3956 THE NATIONS G1484’? But you have made G4160 it a DEN G4693 OF ROBBERS G3027.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:46 - saying G3004 to them, “It is written G1125: ‘AND MY HOUSE G3624 WILL BE A HOUSE G3624 OF PRAYER G4335,’ but you have made G4160 it a DEN G4693 OF ROBBERS G3027.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:38 -

So G3767 Jesus G2424, again G3825 being deeply G1690 moved G1690 within G1722 G1438, *came G2064 to the tomb G3419. Now G1161 it was a cave G4693, and a stone G3037 was lying G1945 against G1909 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:38 - (people of whom G3739 the world G2889 was not worthy G514), wandering G4105 in deserts G2047, on mountains G3735, and sheltering in caves G4693 and holes G3692 [fn]in the ground G1093.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15 - Then G2532 the kings G935 of the earth G1093 and the eminent G3175 people G3175, and the commanders G5506 and the wealthy G4145 and the strong G2478, and every G3956 slave G1401 and free G1658 person G1658 hid G2928 themselves G1438 in the caves G4693 and among G1519 the rocks G4073 of the mountains G3735;
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