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Pit

A hole in the ground (Ex. 21:33, 34), a cistern for water (Gen. This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H1475, H4379, H6354, H7745, H7816, H7845, H1358, G0999, G6093, G5421, H0876, H0875, H0877, H0879, H7882
Hebrew
גּוּמָּץ · gûwmmâts
Greek
βόθυνος · bothunos

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

βόθυνος

G0999
Transliteration
bothunos
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

pit, ditch, pit

Lexicon definition

βόθυνος, -ου, ὁ (= βόθρος, more frequently in cl.), [in LXX chiefly for פַּחַת ;] a pit: Mat.12:11 15:14, Luk.6:39 (cf. DB, iii, 885; DCG, ii, 367).† (AS)

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

σιρός

G6093
Transliteration
siros
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
0

Glosses

pit

Lexicon definition

σιρός, see: σειρός. σειρός (σιρός, T), -οῦ, ὁ (Rec., R, mg., σειρά, which see), = cl. σιρός, a pit for the storage of grain: σειροὶ ζόφου, 2Pe.2:4, WH, R., txt. (but see Mayor, in l; Field, Notes, 241).† (AS)

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Σιρός

G6093
Indexed occurrences
0

Lexicon definition

see σειρός.

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

φρέαρ

G5421
Transliteration
phréar
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
7

Glosses

well, pit

Lexicon definition

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)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

פַּחַת

H6354
Transliteration
pachath
Pronunciation
pakh'-ath
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
10

Glosses

hole, pit, snare.

Lexicon definition

a pit, especially forcatching animals

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Pit

A hole in the ground (Ex. 21:33, 34), a cistern for water (Gen. 37:24; Jer. 14:3), a vault (41:9), a grave (Ps. 30:3). It is used as a figure for mischief (Ps. 9:15), and is the name given to the unseen place of woe (Rev. 20:1, 3). The slime-pits in the vale of Siddim were wells which yielded asphalt (Gen. 14:10).

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Pit

Indexed occurrences: 76

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Strong's Concordance

Pits

Indexed occurrences: 8

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All Scripture references133 references

Genesis 24

Genesis 14:10Genesis 16:14Genesis 21:19Genesis 21:25Genesis 21:30Genesis 24:11Genesis 24:20Genesis 26:15Genesis 26:18Genesis 26:19Genesis 26:20Genesis 26:21Genesis 26:22Genesis 26:25Genesis 26:32Genesis 29:2Genesis 29:3Genesis 29:8Genesis 29:10Genesis 37:20Genesis 37:22Genesis 37:24Genesis 37:28Genesis 37:29

Exodus 3

Exodus 2:15Exodus 21:33Exodus 21:34

Numbers 5

Numbers 20:17Numbers 21:16Numbers 21:17Numbers 21:18Numbers 21:22

Judges 1

Judges 9:21

2 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 17:92 Samuel 17:182 Samuel 17:192 Samuel 17:212 Samuel 18:172 Samuel 23:20

1 Kings 1

1 Kings 7:46

1 Chronicles 1

1 Chronicles 11:22

Job 8

Job 9:31Job 17:14Job 33:18Job 33:22Job 33:24Job 33:28Job 33:30Job 38:14

Psalms 25

Psalms 7:15Psalms 7:16Psalms 9:15Psalms 9:16Psalms 16:10Psalms 28:1Psalms 30:3Psalms 30:9Psalms 30:10Psalms 35:7Psalms 40:2Psalms 49:10Psalms 55:23Psalms 55:24Psalms 57:6Psalms 69:15Psalms 69:16Psalms 88:4Psalms 88:6Psalms 94:13Psalms 103:4Psalms 107:20Psalms 119:85Psalms 140:10Psalms 143:7

Proverbs 7

Proverbs 1:12Proverbs 5:15Proverbs 22:14Proverbs 23:27Proverbs 26:27Proverbs 28:10Proverbs 28:17

Ecclesiastes 1

Ecclesiastes 10:8

Song of Solomon 1

Song of Solomon 4:15

Isaiah 9

Isaiah 14:15Isaiah 14:19Isaiah 15:8Isaiah 24:17Isaiah 24:18Isaiah 24:22Isaiah 38:17Isaiah 38:18Isaiah 51:14

Jeremiah 6

Jeremiah 2:6Jeremiah 18:20Jeremiah 18:22Jeremiah 48:28Jeremiah 48:43Jeremiah 48:44

Lamentations 4

Lamentations 3:47Lamentations 3:53Lamentations 3:55Lamentations 4:20

Ezekiel 12

Ezekiel 19:4Ezekiel 19:8Ezekiel 26:20Ezekiel 28:8Ezekiel 31:14Ezekiel 31:16Ezekiel 32:18Ezekiel 32:23Ezekiel 32:24Ezekiel 32:25Ezekiel 32:29Ezekiel 32:30

Daniel 8

Daniel 6:8Daniel 6:13Daniel 6:17Daniel 6:18Daniel 6:20Daniel 6:21Daniel 6:24Daniel 6:25

Jonah 2

Jonah 2:6Jonah 2:7

Zephaniah 1

Zephaniah 2:9

Zechariah 1

Zechariah 9:11

Matthew 2

Matthew 12:11Matthew 15:14

Luke 2

Luke 6:39Luke 14:5

John 1

John 9:6

Revelation 2

Revelation 9:1Revelation 9:2

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Clay

This word is used of sediment found in pits or in streets (Isa. 57:20; Jer. 38:60), of dust mixed with spittle (John 9:6), and of potter's clay (Isa. 41:25; Nah. 3:14; Jer. 18:1-6; Rom. 9:21). Clay was used for sealing (Job 38:14; Jer. 32:14). Our Lord's tomb may have been thus sealed (Matt. 27:66). The practice of sealing doors with clay is still common in the East. Clay was also in primitive times used for mortar (Gen. 11:3). The "clay ground" in which the large vessels of the temple were cast (1 Kings 7:46; 2 Chr. 4:17) was a compact loam fitted for the purpose. The expression literally rendered is, "in the thickness of the ground,", meaning, "in stiff ground" or in clay.

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Pit

A hole in the ground (Ex. 21:33, 34), a cistern for water (Gen. 37:24; Jer. 14:3), a vault (41:9), a grave (Ps. 30:3). It is used as a figure for mischief (Ps. 9:15), and is the name given to the unseen place of woe (Rev. 20:1, 3). The slime-pits in the vale of Siddim were wells which yielded asphalt (Gen. 14:10).

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Pitch

(Gen. 6:14), asphalt or bitumen in its soft state, called "slime" (Gen. 11:3; 14:10; Ex. 2:3), found in pits near the Dead Sea (q.v.). It was used for various purposes, as the coating of the outside of vessels and in building. Allusion is made in Isa. 34:9 to its inflammable character. (See [492]SLIME.)

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Siddim, Vale of

Valley of the broad plains, "which is the salt sea" (Gen. 14:3, 8, 10), between Engedi and the cities of the plain, at the south end of the Dead Sea. It was "full of slime-pits" (R.V., "bitumen pits"). Here Chedorlaomer and the confederate kings overthrew the kings of Sodom and the cities of the plain. God afterwards, on account of their wickedness, "overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities;" and the smoke of their destruction "went up as the smoke of a furnace" (19:24-28), and was visible from Mamre, where Abraham dwelt. Some, however, contend that the "cities of the plain" were somewhere at the north of the Dead Sea. (See [587]SODOM.)

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Slime

(Gen. 11:3; LXX., "asphalt;" R.V. marg., "bitumen"). The vale of Siddim was full of slime pits (14:10). Jochebed daubed the "ark of bulrushes" with slime (Ex. 2:3). (See [596]PITCH.)

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