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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 a large pit in the woods, and laid a very large heap of stones over him. Then all Israel fled, everyone to his tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:17 - Fear and the pit and the snare
Are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 - And it shall be
That he who flees from the noise of the fear
Shall fall into the pit,
And he who comes up from the midst of the pit
Shall be caught in the snare;
For the windows from on high are open,
And the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:11 - Therefore evil shall come upon you;
You shall not know from where it arises.
And trouble shall fall upon you;
You will not be able to put it off.
And desolation shall come upon you suddenly,
Which you shall not know.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 - “Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness,
You who seek the LORD:
Look to the rock from which you were hewn,
And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 - You who dwell in Moab,
Leave the cities and dwell in the rock,
And be like the dove which makes her nest
In the sides of the cave’s mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:43 - Fear and the pit and the snare shall be upon you,
O inhabitant of Moab,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44 - “He who flees from the fear shall fall into the pit,
And he who gets out of the pit shall be caught in the snare.
For upon Moab, upon it I will bring
The year of their punishment,” says the LORD.
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