Definition
σπήλαιον, -ου, τό
[in LXX chiefly for מְעָרָה ;]
a cave, cavern: John 11:38, Hebrews 11:38, Hebrews 6:15; σ. (EV, den) λῃστῶν (John 7:11), Matthew 21:13, Mark 11:17, Luke 19:46.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as σπήλαιον:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
6 total
- Matthew 21:13Σπήλαιον · a denAnd 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.’”
- Mark 11:17Σπήλαιον · a denThen 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.’”
- Luke 19:46Σπήλαιον · a denHe declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
- John 11:38σπήλαιον · a caveJesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
- Hebrews 11:38σπηλαίοις · cavesThe world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
- Revelation 6:15σπήλαια · cavesThen 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.