Lexicon :: Strong's G5421 - phrear

φρέαρ

Transliteration

phrear (Key)

Pronunciation

freh'-ar

Part of Speech

neuter noun

Root Word (Etymology)

Of uncertain derivation

Greek Inflections of φρέαρ [?]

mGNT
7x in 2 unique form(s) TR
7x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
57x in 7 unique form(s)

φρέαρ — 4x

φρέατος — 3x

φρέαρ — 4x

φρέατος — 3x

Φρέαρ — 3x

φρέαρ — 27x

φρέατα — 5x

φρέατι — 3x

φρέατός — 1x

φρέατος — 16x

φρεάτων — 2x

Dictionary Aids

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Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

φρέαρ phréar, freh'-ar; of uncertain derivation; 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):—well, pit.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G5421 in the following manner: pit (5x), well (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G5421 in the following manner: pit (5x), well (2x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

a well
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 resemble a cistern, the orifice of which is narrow)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS G5421:

φρέαρ, φρεαρατος, τό, from the Homer hymn Cer. 99 and Herodotus 6, 119 down; the Sept. for בְּאֵר and (in 1 Samuel 19:22; 2 Samuel 3:26; Jeremiah 48:7, 9 (Jer. 41:7,9) בּור (a pit, cistern), a well: Luke 14:5; John 4:11f; 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), Revelation 9:1f.

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Samuel: 19:22
2 Samuel: 3:26
Jeremiah: 41:7; 41:9; 48:7; 48:9
Luke: 14:5
John: 4:11
Revelation: 9:1

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number G5421 matches the Greek φρέαρ (phrear),
which occurs 7 times in 5 verses in the TR Greek.

View OT results in the LXX Greek concordance

View NT results in the MGNT Greek concordance

Luk 14:5

Luk 14:5 - And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit,^G5421 and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?

Jhn 4:11

Jhn 4:11 - The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well^G5421 is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?

Jhn 4:12

Jhn 4:12 - Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well,^G5421 and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

Rev 9:1

Rev 9:1 - And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.^G5421

Rev 9:2

Rev 9:2 - And he opened the bottomless pit;^G5421 and there arose a smoke out of the pit,^G5421 as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.^G5421