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Lexicon :: Strong's G999 - bothynos

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βόθυνος
Transliteration
bothynos (Key)
Pronunciation
both'-oo-nos
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
3x in 1 unique form(s) TR
3x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
12x in 4 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

βόθυνος bóthynos, both'-oo-nos; akin to G900; a hole (in the ground); specially, a cistern:—ditch, pit.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G999 in the following manner: ditch (2x), pit (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G999 in the following manner: ditch (2x), pit (1x).

  1. a pit, ditch

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βόθυνος bóthynos, both'-oo-nos; akin to G900; a hole (in the ground); specially, a cistern:—ditch, pit.
STRONGS G999:
βόθυνος, -ου, ὁ, a pit, a ditch: Matthew 12:11; Matthew 15:14; Luke 6:39. (Solon in Bekker's Anecd. 1:85; Xenophon, oec. 19, 3; Theophrastus, hist. pl. 4, 2, 2 [(variant); others]; Sept. 2 Samuel 18:17, etc.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
18:17
Matthew
12:11; 15:14
Luke
6:39

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G999 matches the Greek βόθυνος (bothynos),
which occurs 12 times in 9 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:17 - And they took Absalom and threw him into a great pit in the forest and raised over him a very great heap of stones. And all Israel fled every one to his own home.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:16 - And he said, “Thus says the LORD, ‘I will make this dry streambed full of pools.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:17 - Terror and the pit and the snare[fn]
are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 - He who flees at the sound of the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
For the windows of heaven are opened,
and the foundations of the earth tremble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:11 - But evil shall come upon you,
which you will not know how to charm away;
disaster shall fall upon you,
for which you will not be able to atone;
and ruin shall come upon you suddenly,
of which you know nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 - “Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,
you who seek the LORD:
look to the rock from which you were hewn,
and to the quarry from which you were dug.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 - “Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,
O inhabitants of Moab!
Be like the dove that nests
in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:43 - Terror, pit, and snare
are before you, O inhabitant of Moab!
declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44 - He who flees from the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
For I will bring these things upon Moab,
the year of their punishment,
declares the LORD.
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