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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #999 - βόθυνος

Transliteration

bóthynos

Phonetics

both'-oo-nos

Root Word (Etymology)

akin to (G900)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a pit, ditch

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1460 ‑ גֵּו (gave); 4718 ‑ מַקֶּבֶת (mak‑keh'‑beth); 6354 ‑ פַּחַת (pakh'‑ath); 7845 ‑ שַׁחַת (shakh'‑ath);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (3)

Matthew 2

Luke 1

NAS (3)

Matthew 2

Luke 1

HCS (3)

Matthew 2

Luke 1

BSB (3)

Matthew 2

Luke 1

ESV (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

WEB (3)

Matthew 2

Luke 1

KJV (3)

ditch 2

pit 1

NAS (3)

pit 3

HCS (3)

a pit 3

BSB (3)

a pit 3

ESV (2)

pit 2

WEB (3)

a pit 3

RAH

N-APM 2

N-ASM 4

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 3

ANT

N-ASM 3

BEZ

N-ASM 3

BGB

N-AMS 3

BMT

N-ASM 3

BYZ

N-ASM 3

ELZ

N-ASM 3

NA26

N-ASM 2

PREP 1

SBL

N-ASM 3

SCV

N-ASM 3

STV

N-ASM 3

TIS

N-ASM 3

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

βόθυν-ος, ὁ,

I= cross βόθρος, Cratin. 210, X. Oec. 19.3, BGU 1122.17 (i B. C.).

II a meteorological phenomenon, Arist. Mete. 342a36, Mu. 392b4.

βόθρ-ος, ὁ,

hole, trench, or pit dug in the ground, βόθρον ὀρύξαι Od. 10.517; βόθρου τ' ἐξέστρεψε [τὴν ἐλαίαν ] Il. 17.58; trough, Od. 6.92: generally, hollow, X. An. 4.5.6; grave, IG 14.238 (Aerae); ritual pit for offerings to ὑποχθόνιοι θεοί, β. καὶ μέγαρα Porph. Antr. 6.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

βόθυνος, βοθύνου, ὁ, a pit, a ditch: Matthew 12:11; Matthew 15:14; Luke 6:39. (Solon in Bekker's Anecd. 1:85; Xenophon, oec. 19, 3; Theophrastus, hist. pl. 4, 2, 2 ((variant); others); the Sept. 2 Samuel 18:17, etc.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

βόθυνος , -ου , ὁ

(= βόθρος , more freq. in cl.),

[in LXX chiefly for H6354;]

a pit: Matthew 12:11; Matthew 15:14, Luke 6:39 (cf. DB, iii, 885; DCG, ii, 367).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

BGU IV. 1122.17 (B.C. 14) ἐ ̣π ̣ι ̣̣ τ ̣οῦ βοθύνου τὸ φυτόν . The word is also supplied by the editor in P Hal I. 1.97 (middle iii/B.C.) ἐὰν δὲ τάφρον ὀρύσσηι ἢ [βόθυνον ὀρ ]υ ̣σσηι .

List of Word Forms

βοθυνον βόθυνον βόθυνος βοθύνου βοθύνους βοϊδια βόλβιτα βολβίτοις βολβίτων bothunon bothynon bóthynon