spēlaion · cave

What it means

spēlaion (σπήλαιον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “cave”.

How to say it

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 hollow in the rock where robbers or beasts hide.

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

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• den ×3
• caves ×2
• cave ×1

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Luke×1
• John×1
• Hebrews×1
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 21:13

  And he says to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of robbers.”

• Mark 11:17

  And he was teaching and saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.”

• Luke 19:46

  saying to them, “It is written, ‘And my house shall be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a den of robbers.”

• John 11:38

  So Jesus, again deeply moved in himself, comes to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.

• Hebrews 11:38

  —of whom the world was not worthy— wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and the holes in the ground.

• Revelation 6:15

  And the kings of the earth and the great ones and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free person hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;