Strong's Lexicon
G5421 — φρέαρ
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5421 |
|---|---|
| Word: | φρέαρ |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | of uncertain derivation |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 7 |
| Transliteration: | phrear |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | freh'-ar |
| Meaning: | 1. a hole in the ground (dug for obtaining or holding water or other purposes), i.e. a cistern or well 2. (figuratively) an abyss (as a prison) |
| KJV Renderings: | well, pit |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φρέαρ, φρεαρατος, τό, from the Homer hymn Cer. 99 and Herodotus 6, 119 down; the Sept. for áÀÌàÅø and (in 1Sa 19:22; 2Sa 3:26; Jer 48:7; Jer 48:9 () áÌåø (a pit, cistern), a well: Luk 14:5; Joh 4:11 f; φρέαρ τῆς ἀβύσσου, the pit of the abyss (because the nether world is thought to increase in size the further it extends from the surface of the earth and so to resemble a cistern, the orifice of which is narrow), Rev 9:1 f.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
φρέαρ (well)
Luke 14:5
- KJV: And 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
- GK: και αποκριθείς προς αυτούς είπε τίνος υμών όνος η βους εις φρέαρ εμπεσείται και ουκ ευθέως ανασπάσει αυτόν εν τη ημέρα του σάββατου
John 4:11
- KJV: The woman saith unto him Sir thou hast nothing to draw with and the well is deep from whence then hast thou that living water
- GK: λέγει αυτώ η γυνή κύριε ούτε άντλημα έχεις και το φρέαρ εστί βαθύ πόθεν ούν έχεις το ύδωρ το ζων
John 4:12
- KJV: Art thou greater than our father Jacob which gave us the well and drank thereof himself and his children and his cattle
- GK: μη συ μείζων ει του πατρός ημών Ιακώβ ος έδωκεν ημίν το φρέαρ και αυτός εξ αυτού έπιε και οι υιοί αυτού και τα θρέμματα αυτού
Revelation 9:1
- KJV: And 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
- GK: και ο πέμπτος άγγελος εσάλπισε και είδον αστέρα εκ του ουρανού πεπτωκότα εις την γην και εδόθη αυτώ η κλείς του φρέατος της αβύσσου
Revelation 9:2
- KJV: And 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 the smoke of the pit
- GK: και ήνοιξε το φρέαρ της αβύσσου και ανέβη καπνός εκ του φρέατος ως καπνός καμίνου καιομένης και εσκοτίσθη ο ήλιος και ο αήρ εκ του καπνού του φρέατος