Word Study · Strong's G999 · Greek
βόθυνος
bothynos
both'-oo-nos
Strong's 1890 spelling: bóthynos
“a hole (in the ground)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a hole (in the ground); specially, a cistern
Rendered in the KJV as
ditch, pit.
- 3occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- βόθυνον2
- βόθυνον,1
How it is rendered · 2
- a pit2
- a pit,1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular3
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- N-ASM · 3
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Matthew2 occurrences
- Matthew 12:11βόθυνον,bothunonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularHe replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?here: a pit,
- Matthew 15:14βόθυνονbothunonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularDisregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”here: a pit