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abussos G12

ἄβυσσος (abussos) means “abyss” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἄβυσσος Greek · G12 9 tagged occurrences in 9 verses

Pronunciation guide: ab'-us-sos Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G0012

ἄβυσσος · abussos · abyss

ἄ-βυσσος, -ον (Ion. βυσσός = βυθός), 1. in cl., boundless, bottomless (e.g. ἄ. πέλαγος, ἄ. πλοῦτος Æsch.). 2. [In LXX (for תְּהוֹם, Gen.1:2, al.; exc. Isa.44:27, Job.41:22 for צוּלָה, מְצוּלָה, Job.36:16 for רַחַב) and] NT, as subst. (MM, VGT, see word), ἡ ἄ. (sc. χώρα), the abyss; (a) of the sea (Gen.1:2); (b) of the underworld, as the abode of the dead: Rom.10:7 (a paraphrase of Deu.30:13 LXX); as the abode of demons, Luk.8:31, Rev.9:1, 2, 11, 11:7, 17:8, 20:1, 3 (Cremer, 2). † (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

the abyss, unfathomable depth, an especially Jewish conception, the home of the dead and of evil spirits.

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How translators render G12

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
abyss 9
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
of the bottomless pit 3
the bottomless pit 2
the deep 2
of the bottomless 1
the bottomless 1

Verses containing G12

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  1. Luke 8:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.

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  2. Romans 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”

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  3. Revelation 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.

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  4. Revelation 9:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.

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  5. Revelation 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.

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  6. Revelation 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.

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  7. Revelation 17:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.

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  8. Revelation 20:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.

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  9. Revelation 20:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.

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Sources and text

Data created by www.STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). STEPBible data · License.

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