βόθυνος
bothynos · pit
Greek word · Strong’s number G999 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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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
- A deep hole in the ground.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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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?