- Original: ἄβυσσος
- Transliteration: Abussos
- Phonetic: ab'-us-sos
- Definition:
1. bottomless
2. unbounded
3. the abyss
a. the pit
b. the immeasurable depth
c. of Orcus, a very deep gulf or chasm in the lowest parts of the earth used as the common receptacle of the dead and especially as the abode of demons
- Origin: from
G1 (as a negative particle) and a variation of
G1037
- TDNT entry: 01:09,2
- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine
- Strong's: From
G1 (as a negative particle) and a variation of
G1037 ; depthless that is (specifically) (infernal) abyss: - deep (bottomless) pit.
Total KJV Occurrences: 9
• bottomless, 2
Revelation 9:1;
Revelation 9:2
• deep, 2
Luke 8:31;
Romans 10:7
• pit, 5
Revelation 9:11;
Revelation 11:7;
Revelation 17:8;
Revelation 20:1;
Revelation 20:3