Quick Definition
a pit, ditch
Strong's Definition
a hole (in the ground); specially, a cistern
Derivation: akin to G900 (βαθύνω);
KJV Usage: ditch, pit
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.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βόθυνος bothunos 3x
a pit, well or cistern, Mat_12:11 ; Mat_15:14 ; Luk_6:39
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βόθυνος , -ου , ὁ
( = βόθρος , more freq . in cl .),
[in LXX chiefly for H6354 ;]
a pit: Mat_12:11 ; Mat_15:14 , Luk_6:39 ( cf. DB , iii, 885; DCG , ii, 367).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
βόθυνος [page 114]
BGU IV. 1122 .17 (B.C. 14) ἐ̣π̣ι̣̣ τ̣οῦ 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 ]υ̣σσηι .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
βόθυνος [Etym: = βόθρος, Xen. ]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
βόθυνος, -ου, ὁ (= βόθρος, more frequently in cl.),
[in LXX chiefly for פַּחַת ;]
a pit: Mat.12:11 15:14, Luk.6:39 (cf. DB, iii, 885; DCG, ii, 367).†
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