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ἄβυσσος

abussosabyssHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine9 occurrences3 books9 verses

Definition

ἄ-βυσσος, -ον (Ion. βυσσός = βυθός),

1. in cl., boundless, bottomless (e.g. ἄ. πέλαγος, ἄ. πλοῦτος Æsch.).

2. [In LXX (for תְּהוֹם, Genesis 1:2, al.; exc. Isaiah 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 (Genesis 1:2);

(b) of the underworld, as the abode of the dead: Romans 10:7 (a paraphrase of Deuteronomy 30:13 LXX); as the abode of demons, Luke 8:31, Revelation 9:1, 2, 11; 11:7; 17:8; 20:1, 3 (Cremer, 2).

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

9 total
  1. Luke 8:31ἄβυσσον · Abyss
    And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.
  2. Romans 10:7ἄβυσσον · Abyss
    …or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”
  3. Revelation 9:1ἀβύσσου · Abyss
    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.
  4. Revelation 9:2ἀβύσσου · Abyss
    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.
  5. Revelation 9:11ἀβύσσου · Abyss
    They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.
  6. Revelation 11:7ἀβύσσου · Abyss
    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.
  7. Revelation 17:8ἀβύσσου · Abyss
    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.
  8. Revelation 20:1ἀβύσσου · Abyss
    Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.
  9. Revelation 20:3ἄβυσσον · Abyss
    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.