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Lexicon :: Strong's G5421 - phrear

Aa
φρέαρ
Transliteration
phrear (Key)
Pronunciation
freh'-ar
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Trench's Synonyms: cvii. Additional Synonyms

Strong’s Definitions

φρέαρ phréar, freh'-ar; of uncertain derivation; a hole in the ground (dug for obtaining or holding water or other purposes), i.e. a cistern or well; figuratively, an abyss (as a prison):—well, pit.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G5421 in the following manner: pit (5x), well (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G5421 in the following manner: pit (5x), well (2x).

  1. a well

  2. the pit of the abyss (because the nether world is thought to increase in size the further it extends from the surface of the earth and so resemble a cistern, the orifice of which is narrow)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φρέαρ phréar, freh'-ar; of uncertain derivation; a hole in the ground (dug for obtaining or holding water or other purposes), i.e. a cistern or well; figuratively, an abyss (as a prison):—well, pit.
STRONGS G5421:
φρέαρ, φρεαρατος, τό, from the Homer hymn Cer. 99 and Herodotus 6, 119 down; the Sept. for בְּאֵר and (in 1 Samuel 19:22; 2 Samuel 3:26; Jeremiah 48:7, 9 (Jer. 41:7,9) בּור (a pit, cistern), a well: Luke 14:5; John 4:11f; φρέαρ τῆς ἀβύσσου, the pit of the abyss (because the nether world is thought to increase in size the further it extends from the surface of the earth and so to resemble a cistern, the orifice of which is narrow), Revelation 9:1f.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Samuel
19:22
2 Samuel
3:26
Jeremiah
41:7; 41:9; 48:7; 48:9
Luke
14:5
John
4:11
Revelation
9:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5421 matches the Greek φρέαρ (phrear),
which occurs 7 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:5 - And he said to them, Which of you, whose ox or ass has got into a water-hole, will not straight away get him out on the Sabbath?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:11 - The woman said to him, Sir, you have no vessel and the fountain is deep; from where will you get the living water?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:12 - Are you greater than our father Jacob who gave us the fountain and took the water of it himself, with his children and his cattle?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:1 - And at the sounding of the fifth angel I saw a star falling from heaven to the earth: and there was given to him the key of the great deep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:2 - And he made the great deep open and a smoke went up from it, like the smoke of a great oven; and the sun and the air were made dark because of the smoke.
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