Pit - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Pit
[ 1,,G5421, phrear ]a well, dug for water" (distinct from pege, "a fountain"), denotes "a pit" in Revelation 9:1-Revelation 9:2, RV, "the pit (of the abyss)," "the pit," i.e., the shaft leading down to the abyss, AV, "(bottomless) pit;" in Luke 14:6, RV, "well" (AV, "pit"); in John 4:11-John 4:12, "well." See WELL.
[ 2,,G999, bothunos ]
is rendered "pit" in Matthew 12:11, See DITCH.
[ 3,,G12, abussos ]
See BOTTOMLESS, B.
[ 4,,G5276, hupolenion ]
denotes "a vessel or trough beneath a winepress," to receive the juice, Mark 12:1, RV, "a pit for the winepress" (AV, "a place for ... the wine-fat").
Note: For "pits," 2 Peter 2:4, RV, See CHAIN Note
(1).