Bothunos βόθυνος

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Bothunos
βόθυνος
Transliterationbothunos
Strong's numberG999
LanguageGreek
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glosspit
Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (2)

Bothunos (Greek βόθυνος, Strong's G999) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “pit”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

βόθυνος, -ου, ὁ (= βόθρος, more frequently in cl.),
[in LXX chiefly for פַּחַת ;]
a pit: Mat.12:11 15:14, Luk.6:39 (cf. DB, iii, 885; DCG, ii, 367).†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVditch (2), pit (1)
BSBpit (3)

Verses

Every verse with Bothunos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Luke

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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