Phrear φρέαρ
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| φρέαρ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | phrear |
| Strong's number | G5421 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | neuter noun |
| Gloss | well/abyss |
| Occurrences | 7 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | John (2) |
Phrear (Greek φρέαρ, Strong's G5421) is a Greek neuter noun meaning “well/abyss”. It occurs 7 times in 5 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
φρέαρ, -ατος, τό
[in LXX chiefly for בְּאֵר ;]
a well: Luk.14:5, Sng.4:11-12; φ. τῆς ἀβύσσου, Rev.9:1-2.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for בְּאֵר ;]
a well: Luk.14:5, Sng.4:11-12; φ. τῆς ἀβύσσου, Rev.9:1-2.†
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | pit (5), well (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | pit (4), well (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Phrear, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Luke
- Luke 14:5And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?And He asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”
John
- John 4:11The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?
- John 4:12Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”
Revelation
- Revelation 9:1And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.
- Revelation 9:2And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).