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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ἄβυσσος

Strong’s: G12

Associated OET lemmas: ἄβυσσος

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: ἄβυσσος; -ου

Constructions: ἄβυσσος; ἀ-; βυθίζω

Sense 1: abyss, abode of evil spirits, very deep place

Semantic entry: 1.20

Semantic domains: Geographical Objects and Features

Subdomains: Regions Below the Surface of the Earth

Definition: (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 (OET REV 20:3), the abode of the beast as the antichrist (OET REV 11:7), and of Abaddon, as the angel of the underworld (OET REV 9:11)

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

Show passage in OET: LUK 8:31

OET-RV LUK 8:31

31 and now they were pleading with Yeshua not to command them to go back to the bottomless pit.

OET-LV LUK 8:31

31 And they_were_imploring him that he_may_ not _command to_them to_go_away into the abyss.
Show passage in OET: ROM 10:7

OET-RV ROM 10:7

7 and don’t ask about who’ll go down to the pit in order to bring Messiah up.’

OET-LV ROM 10:7

7 or:
Who will_be_coming_down into the abyss?
(This is chosen_one/messiah from the_dead to_bring_up).

Jump to OET LUK 8:31 section.

Jump to OET ROM 10:7 section.

All 9 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: OET LUK 8:31

ROM: OET ROM 10:7

REV: OET REV 9:1–2 · OET REV 9:11 · OET REV 11:7 · OET REV 17:8 · OET REV 20:1 · OET REV 20:3