Pit
Pit [1]
The word translates different Hebrew words of which the most important are: (1) בּור , bōr , "pit" or "cistern," made by digging, ( Genesis 37:20 ); hence, "dungeon" ( Jeremiah 38:6 , margin "pit"); (2) כּאר , be'ēr , "pit" or "well" made by digging ( Genesis 21:25 ); (3) שׁאל , she'ōl , generally rendered "hell" in the King James Version (see Hell ); (4) שׁחת , shaḥath , a pit in the ground to catch wild animals. (1), (2) and (4) above are used metaphorically of the pit of the "grave" or of "sheol" ( Psalm 28:1; Psalm 30:3; Job 33:24 ). the King James Version sometimes incorrectly renders (4) by "corruption." (5) פּחת , paḥath , "pit," literally ( 2 Samuel 17:9 ), and figuratively ( Jeremiah 48:43 ). In the New Testament "pit" renders βόθυνος , bóthunos ( Matthew 15:14 ), which means any kind of hole in the ground. In the corresponding passage Lk ( Luke 14:5 the King James Version) has φρέαρ , phréar , "well," the same as (2) above. For "bottomless pit" ( Revelation 9:1 , the King James Version, etc.). See Abyss .
