What does ἄβυσσος (ábyssos) mean in the Bible?
ἄβυσσος (ábyssos): The abode of demons and the dead in the underworld, distinct from ordinary sea or earthly depths.
Greek · G12
ἄβυσσος
Abyss
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ἄβυσσος G12
Pronunciation ábyssos
What does ἄβυσσος (ábyssos) mean in the Bible?
ἄβυσσος (ábyssos): The abode of demons and the dead in the underworld, distinct from ordinary sea or earthly depths.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G12?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Abyss (9).
Where does ἄβυσσος (ábyssos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 8:31. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (7), Luke (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Abyss 9× Luke 8:31, Romans 10:7, Revelation 9:1, Revelation 9:2
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Luke 8:31 ἄβυσσον to Abyss Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Romans 10:7 ἄβυσσον to Abyss Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 9:1 ἀβύσσου to Abyss Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Revelation 9:2 ἀβύσσου to Abyss Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Revelation 9:11 ἀβύσσου to Abyss Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Revelation 11:7 ἀβύσσου to Abyss Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Revelation 17:8 ἀβύσσου to Abyss Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Revelation 20:1 ἀβύσσου to Abyss Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Revelation 20:3 ἄβυσσον to Abyss Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 8:31
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 3
Luke 1 Romans 1 Revelation 7
Source forms
ἀβύσσου 6x abyssou Revelation 9:1, Revelation 9:2, Revelation 9:11, Revelation 11:7
ἄβυσσον 3x abysson Luke 8:31, Romans 10:7, Revelation 20:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 6x Revelation 9:1, Revelation 9:2, Revelation 9:11, Revelation 11:7
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 3x Luke 8:31, Romans 10:7, Revelation 20:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. The abode of demons and the dead in the underworld, distinct from ordinary sea or earthly depths.
Strong's G12
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 9 times Word forms 2 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
abyss
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
9 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 8:31 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἄβυσσον abusson
the abyss, the unfathomable depth
Read verse Romans 10:7 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἄβυσσον; abusson
the abyss, the unfathomable depth
Read verse Revelation 9:1 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀβύσσου. abussou
the abyss, the unfathomable depth
Read verse Revelation 9:2 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀβύσσου, abussou
the abyss, the unfathomable depth
Read verse Revelation 9:11 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀβύσσου· abussou
the abyss, the unfathomable depth
Read verse Revelation 11:7 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀβύσσου abussou
the abyss, the unfathomable depth
Read verse Revelation 17:8 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀβύσσου, abussou
the abyss, the unfathomable depth
Read verse Revelation 20:1 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀβύσσου, abussou
the abyss, the unfathomable depth
Read verse Revelation 20:3 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἄβυσσον, abusson
the abyss, the unfathomable depth
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 9 Case pattern Genitive (6) Number pattern Singular (9)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Rev 9:1 · Rev 9:2 · Rev 9:11 · Rev 11:7 · Rev 17:8 · Rev 20:1 6×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Luke 8:31 · Rom 10:7 · Rev 20:3 3×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 8:26–39 ἄβυσσος ábyssos
Abyss
Showing 1 selected witness from 9 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἄβυσσος is built from these roots:
βυθός G1037
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain