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1: βόθυνος

(Strong's #999 — Noun Masculine — bothunos — both'-oo-nos )

any kind of "deep hole or pit" (probably connected with bathos, "deep"), is translated "ditch" in the AV of Matthew 15:14; Luke 6:39 , RV, "pit" in each place, as in both versions of Matthew 12:11 . See PIT.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Ditch'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​d/ditch.html. 1940.
 
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