Quick Definition
a pit, well
Strong's Definition
a hole in the ground (dug for obtaining or holding water or other purposes), i.e. a cistern or well; figuratively, an abyss (as a prison)
Derivation: of uncertain derivation;
KJV Usage: well, pit
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φρέαρ, φρεαρατος, τό, from the Homer hymn Cer. 99 and Herodotus 6, 119 down; the Sept. for αΐΜΰΕψ and (in 1Sa_19:22; 2Sa_3:26; Jer_48:7; Jer_48:9 () αΜεψ (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.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φρέαρ phrear 7x
a well, cistern, Luk_14:5 ; Joh_4:11-12 ; a pit, Rev_9:1-2 * pit.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φρέαρ , -ατος , τό ,
[in LXX chiefly for H875 ;]
a well: Luk_14:5 , Son_4:11-12 ; φ . τῆς ἀβύσσου , Rev_9:1-2 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φρέαρ [page 675]
a well (Luk. 14:5, al ) : P Grenf I. 21 .8 (B.C. 126) a Will in which the testator leaves amongst other bequests ἔδα (φος ) ἀμπελῶ (νος ), καὶ τὰ ἐν τούτωι φρέατα ἐξόπτης πλί (νθου ), a vineyard and the wells of baked brick in it, P Oxy VIII. 1105 .10 (A.D. 81 96) φρέατνρ̣ύος λιθίνου , a stone well, ib. III. 502 .35 (a lease A.D. 164) καὶ τοῦ προκειμένου φρέατος τροχελλέαν σὺν σχοινίῳ καινῷ , the reel of the aforesaid well provided with a new rope (Edd.), ib. XIV. 1678 .28 (iii/A.D.), a letter having on the verso ἀ̣π̣ο̣(δος ) παρὰ Θέω [νος .] σημασνσύία ἐν Τευμενοῦτει ἐν τῷ ῥυμείῳ ἀντεὶ τοῦ φλητρος ( l. φρέατος ), deliver from Theon; address, at the Teumenous quarter in the lane opposite the well (Edd.), and P Giss I. 49 .11 (iii/A.D.) καμάραι δύο καὶ φρέαρ .
For the form φρῆτα . for φρέατα , see P Cairo Zen III. 59499 .12 (iii/B.C.), with the editor s note. A dim. φρεάτιον occurs in PSI IV. 423 .39 (iii/B.C.) περὶ τῶν φρεατίων
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
φρέαρ φρέαρ, τό, "a well" (distinguished from κρήνη, "a spring)", Il. , Hdt. "a tank, cistern, reservoir", Lat. puteus, Hdt. , Thuc. : "an oil jar", Ar.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
φρέαρ, -ατος, τό
[in LXX chiefly for בְּאֵר ;]
a well: Luk.14:5, Sng.4:11-12; φ. τῆς ἀβύσσου, Rev.9:1-2.†
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