What does βόθυνος (bóthynos) mean in the Bible?
βόθυνος (bóthynos): A pit or hole dug in ground; in NT parables, represents spiritual danger or blindness.
Greek · G999
βόθυνος
A hole (in the ground); specially, a cistern
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βόθυνος G999
Pronunciation bóthynos
What does βόθυνος (bóthynos) mean in the Bible?
βόθυνος (bóthynos): A pit or hole dug in ground; in NT parables, represents spiritual danger or blindness.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G999?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a pit (3).
Where does βόθυνος (bóthynos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 12:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2), Luke (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 a pit 3× Matthew 12:11, Matthew 15:14, Luke 6:39
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 12:11
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Matthew 2 Luke 1
Source forms
βόθυνον 3x bothynon Matthew 12:11, Matthew 15:14, Luke 6:39
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 3x Matthew 12:11, Matthew 15:14, Luke 6:39
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A pit or hole dug in ground; in NT parables, represents spiritual danger or blindness.
Strong's G999
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 1 form 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 12:11 Source Gloss
a hole (in the ground); specially, a cistern
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 12:11 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
βόθυνον, boqunon
a pit, ditch
Read verse Matthew 15:14 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
βόθυνον boqunon
a pit, ditch
Read verse Luke 6:39 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
βόθυνον boqunon
a pit, ditch
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 12:11 · Matt 15:14 · Luke 6:39 3×
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
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Biblical Witnesses
A literal hole in the ground into which an animal might fall
Metaphorical pit representing spiritual blindness and ruin of the blind leading blind
A trap or hole dug with malicious intent that causes the digger's own downfall
A destructive trap representing evil schemes that ensnare the wicked person
Word Origins
βόθυνος is built from this root:
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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