σπήλαιον (spēlaion) means “cave” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: spay'-lah-yon Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
σπήλαιον · spēlaion · cave
σπήλαιον, -ου, τό [in LXX chiefly for מְעָרָה ;] a cave, cavern: Jhn.11:38, Heb.11:38, Heb.6:15; σ. (EV, den) λῃστῶν (Jhn.7:11), Mat.21:13, Mrk.11:17, Luk.19:46.† (AS)
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a cave, den, hideout.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a den | 3 |
| caves | 2 |
| a cave | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a den | 3 |
| a cave | 1 |
| dens | 1 |
| the dens | 1 |
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And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Read word by wordThen Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Read word by wordHe declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Read word by wordJesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
Read word by wordThe world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
Read word by wordThen the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
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