Quick Definition
βόθυνος, ου, ὁ n.m. a pit, ditch
Strong's Definition
akin to 900; a hole (in the ground); specially, a cistern
KJV Usage: ditch, pit
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου
1.55 · Geographical Objects and Features · Depressions and Holes
pit, ditch, hole a hole, trench, or pit, natural or dug In a number of languages a distinction is made between ditches dug by people for presumably agricultural purposes and those which are natural depressions in the ground. There is no way to determine from the NT contexts which type of ditch is involved.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βόθυνος, -ov, 6, a pit, a ditch: Mt. xii. 11; xv. 14; Lk. vi. 39. (Solon in Bekker’s Aneed. i. 85; Xen. oec. 19, 3; Theophr. hist. pl. 4, 2, 2 [(var.); al.]; Sept. 2 5. xviii. 17, etc.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βόθυνος bothunos 3x
a pit, well or cistern, Mt. 12:11; 15:14; Lk. 6:39*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βόθυνος, -ου, ὁ (= βόθρος, more freq. in cl.),
[in LXX chiefly for פַּחַת ;]
a pit: Mt 12:11 15:14, Lk 6:39 (cf. DB, iii, 885; DCG, ii, 367).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
βόθυνος. BGU IV. 1122'7 (B.C, 14) ἐπὶ τοῦ βοθύνου τὸ φυτόν. The word is also supplied by the editor in P Hal I. 197 (middle 111/B.C.) ἐὰν δὲ τάφρον ὀρύσσηι ἢ [βόθυνον ὀρ]ύσσηι. (For the spelling see on
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
βόθυνος (bothunos) — pit. βόθυν-ος, ὁ, ={βόθρος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. a meteorological phenomenon, [Refs 4th c.BC+]