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Lexicon :: Strong's G4693 - spēlaion

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σπήλαιον
Transliteration
spēlaion (Key)
Pronunciation
spay'-lah-yon
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a presumed derivative of speos (a grotto)
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Strong’s Definitions

σπήλαιον spḗlaion, spay'-lah-yon; neuter of a presumed derivative of σπέος spéos (a grotto); a cavern; by implication, a hiding-place or resort:—cave, den.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G4693 in the following manner: den (5x), cave (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G4693 in the following manner: den (5x), cave (1x).

  1. a cave, den

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σπήλαιον spḗlaion, spay'-lah-yon; neuter of a presumed derivative of σπέος spéos (a grotto); a cavern; by implication, a hiding-place or resort:—cave, den.
STRONGS G4693:
σπήλαιον, σπηλαίου, τό (σπέος (cavern; cf. Curtius, § 111)), a cave (den): Matthew 21:13; Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46; John 11:38; Hebrews 11:38; Revelation 6:15. (Plato, Plutarch, Lucian, Aelian, others; the Sept. for מְעָרָה.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
21:13
Mark
11:17
Luke
19:46
John
11:38
Hebrews
11:38
Revelation
6:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4693 matches the Greek σπήλαιον (spēlaion),
which occurs 51 times in 44 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:30 - ἀνέβη δὲ Λωτ ἐκ Σηγωρ καὶ ἐκάθητο ἐν τῷ ὄρει καὶ αἱ δύο θυγατέρες αὐτοῦ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐφοβήθη γὰρ κατοικῆσαι ἐν Σηγωρ καὶ ᾤκησεν ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ G4693 αὐτὸς καὶ αἱ δύο θυγατέρες αὐτοῦ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:9 - καὶ δότω μοι τὸ σπήλαιον G4693 τὸ διπλοῦν ὅ ἐστιν αὐτῷ τὸ ὂν ἐν μέρει τοῦ ἀγροῦ αὐτοῦ ἀργυρίου τοῦ ἀξίου δότω μοι αὐτὸ ἐν ὑμῖν εἰς κτῆσιν μνημείου

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:11 - παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ γενοῦ κύριε καὶ ἄκουσόν μου τὸν ἀγρὸν καὶ τὸ σπήλαιον G4693 τὸ ἐν αὐτῷ σοι δίδωμι ἐναντίον πάντων τῶν πολιτῶν μου δέδωκά σοι θάψον τὸν νεκρόν σου

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:17 - καὶ ἔστη ὁ ἀγρὸς Εφρων ὃς ἦν ἐν τῷ διπλῷ σπηλαίῳ G4693 ὅς ἐστιν κατὰ πρόσωπον Μαμβρη ὁ ἀγρὸς καὶ τὸ σπήλαιον G4693 ὃ ἦν ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ πᾶν δένδρον ὃ ἦν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ ὅ ἐστιν ἐν τοῖς ὁρίοις αὐτοῦ κύκλῳ

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19 - μετὰ ταῦτα ἔθαψεν Αβρααμ Σαρραν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ G4693 τοῦ ἀγροῦ τῷ διπλῷ ὅ ἐστιν ἀπέναντι Μαμβρη αὕτη ἐστὶν Χεβρων ἐν τῇ γῇ Χανααν

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:20 - καὶ ἐκυρώθη ὁ ἀγρὸς καὶ τὸ σπήλαιον G4693 ὃ ἦν ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ Αβρααμ εἰς κτῆσιν τάφου παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Χετ

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:9 - καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν Ισαακ καὶ Ισμαηλ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον G4693 τὸ διπλοῦν εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν Εφρων τοῦ Σααρ τοῦ Χετταίου ὅ ἐστιν ἀπέναντι Μαμβρη

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:10 - τὸν ἀγρὸν καὶ τὸ σπήλαιον G4693 ὃ ἐκτήσατο Αβρααμ παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Χετ ἐκεῖ ἔθαψαν Αβρααμ καὶ Σαρραν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:29 - καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ἐγὼ προστίθεμαι πρὸς τὸν ἐμὸν λαόν θάψατέ με μετὰ τῶν πατέρων μου ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ G4693 ὅ ἐστιν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ Εφρων τοῦ Χετταίου

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:30 - ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ G4693 τῷ διπλῷ τῷ ἀπέναντι Μαμβρη ἐν τῇ γῇ Χανααν ὃ ἐκτήσατο Αβρααμ τὸ σπήλαιον G4693 παρὰ Εφρων τοῦ Χετταίου ἐν κτήσει μνημείου

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:32 - ἐν κτήσει τοῦ ἀγροῦ καὶ τοῦ σπηλαίου G4693 τοῦ ὄντος ἐν αὐτῷ παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Χετ

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:13 - καὶ ἀνέλαβον αὐτὸν οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς γῆν Χανααν καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον G4693 τὸ διπλοῦν ὃ ἐκτήσατο Αβρααμ τὸ σπήλαιον G4693 ἐν κτήσει μνημείου παρὰ Εφρων τοῦ Χετταίου κατέναντι Μαμβρη

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:16 - καὶ ἔφυγον οἱ πέντε βασιλεῖς οὗτοι καὶ κατεκρύβησαν εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον G4693 τὸ ἐν Μακηδα

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:17 - καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ Ἰησοῦ λέγοντες εὕρηνται οἱ πέντε βασιλεῖς κεκρυμμένοι ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ G4693 τῷ ἐν Μακηδα

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:18 - καὶ εἶπεν Ἰησοῦς κυλίσατε λίθους ἐπὶ τὸ στόμα τοῦ σπηλαίου G4693 καὶ καταστήσατε ἄνδρας φυλάσσειν ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:22 - καὶ εἶπεν Ἰησοῦς ἀνοίξατε τὸ σπήλαιον G4693 καὶ ἐξαγάγετε τοὺς πέντε βασιλεῖς τούτους ἐκ τοῦ σπηλαίου G4693

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:23 - καὶ ἐξηγάγοσαν τοὺς πέντε βασιλεῖς ἐκ τοῦ σπηλαίου G4693 τὸν βασιλέα Ιερουσαλημ καὶ τὸν βασιλέα Χεβρων καὶ τὸν βασιλέα Ιεριμουθ καὶ τὸν βασιλέα Λαχις καὶ τὸν βασιλέα Οδολλαμ

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27 - καὶ ἐγενήθη πρὸς ἡλίου δυσμὰς ἐνετείλατο Ἰησοῦς καὶ καθεῖλον αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τῶν ξύλων καὶ ἔρριψαν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον G4693 εἰς ὃ κατεφύγοσαν ἐκεῖ καὶ ἐπεκύλισαν λίθους ἐπὶ τὸ σπήλαιον G4693 ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2 - καὶ κατίσχυσεν χεὶρ Μαδιαμ ἐπὶ Ισραηλ καὶ ἐποίησαν ἑαυτοῖς οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ ἀπὸ προσώπου Μαδιαμ μάνδρας ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσιν καὶ τοῖς σπηλαίοις G4693 καὶ τοῖς ὀχυρώμασιν

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:8 - καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ μηρὸν πληγὴν μεγάλην καὶ κατέβη καὶ κατῴκει παρὰ τῷ χειμάρρῳ ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ G4693 Ηταμ

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - καὶ ἀνὴρ Ισραηλ εἶδεν ὅτι στενῶς αὐτῷ μὴ προσάγειν αὐτόν καὶ ἐκρύβη ὁ λαὸς ἐν τοῖς σπηλαίοις G4693 καὶ ἐν ταῖς μάνδραις καὶ ἐν ταῖς πέτραις καὶ ἐν τοῖς βόθροις καὶ ἐν τοῖς λάκκοις

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:1 - καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ἐκεῖθεν Δαυιδ καὶ διεσώθη καὶ ἔρχεται εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον G4693 τὸ Οδολλαμ καὶ ἀκούουσιν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁ οἶκος τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ καταβαίνουσιν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:3 - (LXX 24:4)καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς τὰς ἀγέλας τῶν ποιμνίων τὰς ἐπὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ σπήλαιον G4693 καὶ Σαουλ εἰσῆλθεν παρασκευάσασθαι καὶ Δαυιδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ ἐσώτερον τοῦ σπηλαίου G4693 ἐκάθηντο

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8 - (LXX 24:9)καὶ ἀνέστη Δαυιδ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ σπηλαίου G4693 καὶ ἐβόησεν Δαυιδ ὀπίσω Σαουλ λέγων κύριε βασιλεῦ καὶ ἐπέβλεψεν Σαουλ εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔκυψεν Δαυιδ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10 - (LXX 24:11)ἰδοὺ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ ἑοράκασιν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ὡς παρέδωκέν σε κύριος σήμερον εἰς χεῖρά μου ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ G4693 καὶ οὐκ ἠβουλήθην ἀποκτεῖναί σε καὶ ἐφεισάμην σου καὶ εἶπα οὐκ ἐποίσω χεῖρά μου ἐπὶ κύριόν μου ὅτι χριστὸς κυρίου οὗτός ἐστιν

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:13 - καὶ κατέβησαν τρεῖς ἀπὸ τῶν τριάκοντα καὶ ἦλθον εἰς Κασων πρὸς Δαυιδ εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον G4693 Οδολλαμ καὶ τάγμα τῶν ἀλλοφύλων παρενέβαλον ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι Ραφαϊμ

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4 - καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ τύπτειν τὴν Ιεζαβελ τοὺς προφήτας κυρίου καὶ ἔλαβεν Αβδιου ἑκατὸν ἄνδρας προφήτας καὶ ἔκρυψεν αὐτοὺς κατὰ πεντήκοντα ἐν σπηλαίῳ G4693 καὶ διέτρεφεν αὐτοὺς ἐν ἄρτῳ καὶ ὕδατι

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13 - ἦ οὐκ ἀπηγγέλη σοι τῷ κυρίῳ μου οἷα πεποίηκα ἐν τῷ ἀποκτείνειν Ιεζαβελ τοὺς προφήτας κυρίου καὶ ἔκρυψα ἀπὸ τῶν προφητῶν κυρίου ἑκατὸν ἄνδρας ἀνὰ πεντήκοντα ἐν σπηλαίῳ G4693 καὶ ἔθρεψα ἐν ἄρτοις καὶ ὕδατι

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:9 - καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ἐκεῖ εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον G4693 καὶ κατέλυσεν ἐκεῖ καὶ ἰδοὺ ῥῆμα κυρίου πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν τί σὺ ἐνταῦθα Ηλιου

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:13 - καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἤκουσεν Ηλιου καὶ ἐπεκάλυψεν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ μηλωτῇ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ ἐξῆλθεν καὶ ἔστη ὑπὸ τὸ σπήλαιον G4693 καὶ ἰδοὺ πρὸς αὐτὸν φωνὴ καὶ εἶπεν τί σὺ ἐνταῦθα Ηλιου

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:15 - καὶ κατέβησαν τρεῖς ἐκ τῶν τριάκοντα ἀρχόντων εἰς τὴν πέτραν πρὸς Δαυιδ εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον G4693 Οδολλαμ καὶ παρεμβολὴ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων παρεμβεβλήκει ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι τῶν γιγάντων

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - (LXX 56:1)εἰς τὸ τέλος μὴ διαφθείρῃς τῷ Δαυιδ εἰς στηλογραφίαν ἐν τῷ αὐτὸν ἀποδιδράσκειν ἀπὸ προσώπου Σαουλ εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον G4693 (56:2)ἐλέησόν με ὁ θεός ἐλέησόν με ὅτι ἐπὶ σοὶ πέποιθεν ἡ ψυχή μου καὶ ἐν τῇ σκιᾷ τῶν πτερύγων σου ἐλπιῶ ἕως οὗ παρέλθῃ ἡ ἀνομία

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:1 - (LXX 141:1)συνέσεως τῷ Δαυιδ ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ G4693 προσευχή (141:2)φωνῇ μου πρὸς κύριον ἐκέκραξα φωνῇ μου πρὸς κύριον ἐδεήθην

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:19 - εἰσενέγκαντες εἰς τὰ σπήλαια G4693 καὶ εἰς τὰς σχισμὰς τῶν πετρῶν καὶ εἰς τὰς τρώγλας τῆς γῆς ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ φόβου κυρίου καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ ὅταν ἀναστῇ θραῦσαι τὴν γῆν

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:19 - καὶ ἐλεύσονται πάντες καὶ ἀναπαύσονται ἐν ταῖς φάραγξι τῆς χώρας καὶ ἐν ταῖς τρώγλαις τῶν πετρῶν καὶ εἰς τὰ σπήλαια G4693 καὶ εἰς πᾶσαν ῥαγάδα καὶ ἐν παντὶ ξύλῳ

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14 - οἶκοι ἐγκαταλελειμμένοι πλοῦτον πόλεως καὶ οἴκους ἐπιθυμητοὺς ἀφήσουσιν καὶ ἔσονται αἱ κῶμαι σπήλαια G4693 ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος εὐφροσύνη ὄνων ἀγρίων βοσκήματα ποιμένων

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:16 - οὗτος οἰκήσει ἐν ὑψηλῷ σπηλαίῳ G4693 πέτρας ἰσχυρᾶς ἄρτος αὐτῷ δοθήσεται καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ αὐτοῦ πιστόν

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:4 - καὶ ἐν τοῖς μνήμασιν καὶ ἐν τοῖς σπηλαίοις G4693 κοιμῶνται δι᾽ ἐνύπνια οἱ ἔσθοντες κρέα ὕεια καὶ ζωμὸν θυσιῶν μεμολυμμένα πάντα τὰ σκεύη αὐτῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:29 - ἀπὸ φωνῆς ἱππέως καὶ ἐντεταμένου τόξου ἀνεχώρησεν πᾶσα χώρα εἰσέδυσαν εἰς τὰ σπήλαια G4693 καὶ εἰς τὰ ἄλση ἐκρύβησαν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς πέτρας ἀνέβησαν πᾶσα πόλις ἐγκατελείφθη οὐ κατοικεῖ ἐν αὐταῖς ἄνθρωπος

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:11 - μὴ σπήλαιον G4693 λῃστῶν ὁ οἶκός μου οὗ ἐπικέκληται τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ ἐκεῖ ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν καὶ ἐγὼ ἰδοὺ ἑώρακα λέγει κύριος

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:9 - μὴ σπήλαιον G4693 ὑαίνης ἡ κληρονομία μου ἐμοὶ ἢ σπήλαιον G4693 κύκλῳ αὐτῆς βαδίσατε συναγάγετε πάντα τὰ θηρία τοῦ ἀγροῦ καὶ ἐλθέτωσαν τοῦ φαγεῖν αὐτήν

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:26 - (LXX 27:26)ὅτι ἐληλύθασιν οἱ καιροὶ αὐτῆς ἀνοίξατε τὰς ἀποθήκας αὐτῆς ἐρευνήσατε αὐτὴν ὡς σπήλαιον G4693 καὶ ἐξολεθρεύσατε αὐτήν μὴ γενέσθω αὐτῆς κατάλειμμα

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:27 - ζῶ ἐγώ εἰ μὴν οἱ ἐν ταῖς ἠρημωμέναις μαχαίρᾳ πεσοῦνται καὶ οἱ ἐπὶ προσώπου τοῦ πεδίου τοῖς θηρίοις τοῦ ἀγροῦ δοθήσονται εἰς κατάβρωμα καὶ τοὺς ἐν ταῖς τετειχισμέναις καὶ τοὺς ἐν τοῖς σπηλαίοις G4693 θανάτῳ ἀποκτενῶ

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:15 - (LXX 2:15)ὦ ὁ ποτίζων τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ ἀνατροπῇ θολερᾷ καὶ μεθύσκων ὅπως ἐπιβλέπῃ ἐπὶ τὰ σπήλαια G4693 αὐτῶν
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