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φρέαρ

phrear

Neuter noun · Of uncertain derivation

Of uncertain derivation; a hole in the ground (dug for obtaining or holding water or other purposes), i.e. a cistern or well; figuratively, an abyss (as a prison):—well, pit.

Outline

a well
the pit of the abyss (because the nether world is thought to increase in size the further it extends from the surface of the earth and so resemble a cistern, the orifice of which is narrow)

Usages

Luke 14:5

And answered them, saying,

Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?

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John 4:11

The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?

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John 4:12

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

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Revelation 9:1

And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

Breakdown

fifth angel The first of the last three woes. The bottomless-pit is Europe because there is a lack of natural resources there. The beast (originally the Roman Empire, now NATO, The EU and US, i.e. the neo-Roman Empire) came out of Europe further proving that the bottomless pit is referring to Europe.

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Revelation 9:2

And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

Breakdown

Referring to World War 1.

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