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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g5421 Greek: phrear

Pit:

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

2 Strong's Number: g999 Greek: bothunos

Pit:

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

3 Strong's Number: g12 Greek: abussos

Pit:

See BOTTOMLESS, B.

4 Strong's Number: g5276 Greek: hupolenion

Pit:

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

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

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