Strong's Lexicon
G999 — βόθυνος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G999 |
|---|---|
| Word: | βόθυνος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | akin to G900 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | bothunos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | both'-oo-nos |
| Meaning: | 1. a hole (in the ground) 2. (specially) a cistern |
| KJV Renderings: | ditch, pit |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βόθυνος, βοθύνου, ὁ, a pit, a ditch: Mat 12:11; Mat 15:14; Luk 6:39. (Solon in Bekker’s Anecd. 1:85; Xenophon, oec. 19, 3; Theophrastus, hist. pl. 4, 2, 2 ((variant); others); the Sept. 2Sa 18:17, etc.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
βόθυνος (ditch)
Matthew 12:11
- KJV: And he said unto them What man shall there be among you that shall have one sheep and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day will he not lay hold on it and lift out
- GK: ο δε είπεν αυτοίς τις έσται εξ υμών άνθρωπος ος έξει πρόβατον εν και εάν εμπέση τούτο τοις σάββασιν εις βόθυνον ουχί κρατήσει αυτό και εγερεί
Matthew 15:14
- KJV: Let them alone they be blind leaders of the blind And if the blind lead the blind both shall fall into the ditch
- GK: άφετε αυτούς οδηγοί εισι τυφλοί τυφλών τυφλός δε τυφλόν εάν οδηγή αμφότεροι εις βόθυνον πεσούνται
Luke 6:39
- KJV: And he spake a parable unto them Can the blind lead the blind shall they not both fall into the ditch
- GK: είπε δε παραβολήν αυτοίς μήτι δύναται τυφλός τυφλόν οδηγείν ουχί αμφότεροι εις βόθυνον πεσούνται
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