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ἄβυσσος

MainId: 000012000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: α

StrongCodes: G0012

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 000012001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: ἄβυσσος

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ου

   Constructs: {'Lemma': 'ἄβυσσος', 'BaseFormIndex': 1, 'WordMeaningSets': [{'Word': 'ἀ-', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'βυθίζω', 'Meanings': []}]}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 000012001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 1.20

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Geographical Objects and Features

      LEXSubDomains: Regions Below the Surface of the Earth

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-05-24 13:26:41

         DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of ἄβυσσος ‘pit,’ not occurring in the NT) a location of the dead and a place where the Devil is kept ({S:06602000300012}), the abode of the beast as the antichrist ({S:06601100700026}), and of Abaddon, as the angel of the underworld ({S:06600901100016})

         Glosses: ['abyss', 'abode of evil spirits', 'very deep place']

         Comments: ἄβυσσος is sometimes rendered as ‘a very deep hole’; in other instances, ‘a hole without a bottom’ or ‘the deepest hole in the earth.’

      LEXReferences: LUKE 8:31, ROM 10:7, REV 9:1, REV 9:2, REV 9:11, REV 11:7, REV 17:8, REV 20:1, REV 20:3