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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ἄβυσσος
ἄβυσσος
G12
Transliteration: ábyssos
Pronunciation: ab'-us-sos
Definition: deep
- Original: ἄβυσσος - Transliteration: Abussos - Phonetic: ab'-us-sos
- Definition:
1. bottomless
2. unbounded
3. the abyss
a. the pit
b. the immeasurable depth
c. of Orcus, a very deep gulf or chasm in the lowest parts of the earth used as the common receptacle of the dead and especially as the abode of demons
- Origin: from G1" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1 (as a negative particle) and a variation of G1037" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1037 - TDNT entry: 01:09,2 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G1" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1 (as a negative particle) and a variation of G1037" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1037; depthless that is (specifically) (infernal) abyss: - deep (bottomless) pit.