βόθυνος

bothynos · pit

Greek word · Strong’s number G999 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

bothynos (βόθυνος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “pit”.

Ditch, hole in the ground.

How to say it

bo·thy·nos

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A deep hole in the ground.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Matthew 12:11

    But he said to them, “What man will there be among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

  • Matthew 15:14

    Leave them; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

  • Luke 6:39

    And he also told them a parable: “A blind man cannot guide a blind man, can he? Will they not both fall into a pit?