- φρέαρ
- a well
- φρέαρ
- a pit, well
- a pit, well, cistern.
- φρέαρ
- 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)
Derivation: of uncertain derivation;KJV Usage: well, pit.
- φρέαρ
- well/abyss
- G:N-N
- φρέαρ, -ατος, τό
[in LXX chiefly for בְּאֵר ;]
a well:; φ. τῆς ἀβύσσου, Rev.9:1-2.†Refs
Luk.14:5, Sng.4:11-12
(AS)
1) a well
2) 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)
2) 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)
φρέαρ
phrear
freh'-ar
Of uncertain derivation; a hole in the ground (dug for obtaining or holding water or other purposes), that is, a cistern or well; figuratively an abyss (as a prison)
KJV Usage: well, pit.