Word Study · Strong's G4693 · Greek

σπήλαιον

spelaion

spay'-lah-yon

Strong's 1890 spelling: spḗlaion

“a cavern”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a cavern; by implication, a hiding-place or resort

Rendered in the KJV as

cave, den.

6
occurrencesin the New Testament
6 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
4
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 6 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 4

σπήλαιον3
σπήλαια1
σπηλαίοις1
σπήλαιον,1

How it is rendered · 4

a den3
a cave,1
caves1
in caves1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 4

noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular3
noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural1
noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter plural1
noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

N-ASN · 3
N-APN · 1
N-DPN · 1
N-NSN · 1

All 6, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Matthew1 of 6 · 17%
Mark1 of 6 · 17%
Luke1 of 6 · 17%
John1 of 6 · 17%
Hebrews1 of 6 · 17%

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Matthew1 occurrence

Matthew 21:13σπήλαιονspēlaionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularAnd He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”here: a den

Mark1 occurrence

Mark 11:17σπήλαιονspēlaionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularThen Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”here: a den

Luke1 occurrence

Luke 19:46σπήλαιονspēlaionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularHe declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”here: a den

John1 occurrence

John 11:38σπήλαιον,spēlaionnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularJesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.here: a cave,

Hebrews1 occurrence

Hebrews 11:38σπηλαίοιςspēlaioisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralThe world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.here: in caves

Revelation1 occurrence

Revelation 6:15σπήλαιαspēlaianoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralThen the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.here: caves

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