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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 cast him into [fn]a deep pit in the forest and set over him a very great heap of stones. And all Israel fled, each to his tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:16 - And he said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Make this valley full of trenches.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:17 -

Panic and pit and pitfall

Are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 -

Then it will be that he who flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit,

And he who [fn]climbs out of the pit will be caught in the pitfall;

For the windows [fn]above are opened, and the foundations of the earth quake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:11 -

“But evil will come on you

Which you will not know how to charm away;

And disaster will fall on you

For which you cannot atone;

And destruction about which you do not know

Will come on you suddenly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 -

“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness,

Who seek Yahweh:

Look to the rock from which you were hewn

And to the [fn]quarry from which you were dug.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 -

“Leave the cities and dwell among the crags,

O inhabitants of Moab,

And be like a dove that nests

Beyond the mouth of the chasm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:43 -

“Panic and pit and pitfall are coming upon you,

O inhabitant of Moab,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44 -

“The one who flees from the panic

Will fall into the pit,

And the one who climbs up out of the pit

Will be caught in the pitfall;

For I shall bring upon her, even upon Moab,

The year of their punishment,” declares Yahweh.

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