UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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σιρός

MainId: 004519000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: σ

AlternateLemmas: σειρός

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 004519001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: σιρός
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -οῦ
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 004519001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 1.59
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Geographical Objects and Features
  LEXSubDomains: Depressions and Holes
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-02-11 11:15:45
    Glosses: ['pit', 'deep hole']
    Comments: This word is found as a variant reading only: ἀλλὰ σιροῖς ζόφου ταρταρώσας παρέδωκεν εἰς κρίσιν τηρουμένους ‘but cast them into hell and committed them to the pits of intense gloom to be kept until the judgment’ {S:06100200400020} (apparatus; the text of {S:06100200400020} reads {L:σειρά} ‘chain,’ {D:6.15}). In this one occurrence of σιρός in the NT, the pit in question is a place of imprisonment until the time of judgment. The expression ‘the pits of intense gloom’ may be translated as ‘pits where it is extremely dark.’|Though most scholars have interpreted σιρός as being equivalent to {L:ἄβυσσος} ({D:1.20}), others see a distinction. But there is a danger in attempting to make too many fine distinctions between the meanings of such biblical terms. There is little evidence that biblical writers used such expressions with the same degree of differentiation which some persons would like to find.
  LEXReferences: 2PET 2:4