Words the Bible translates as pit
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 12 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- phrearφρέαρa well: a deep shaft dug straight down into the ground, either to reach water or to open into the depths below
- borבּוֹרa pit dug or hewn into the ground: a cistern for water, a hole that holds a person or traps an animal, and, in poetry, the grave.
- be'erבְּאֵרa well or pit dug into the ground: most often a shaft sunk by hand to reach underground water
- shaḥatשַׁחַתa pit: a deep hole dug in the ground, and by extension the grave, or the ruin that swallows the dying
- bothunosβόθυνοςpitnot studied yet
- paḥatפַּחַתa pit: a hole in the ground deep enough to swallow whoever drops into it
- shuḥahשׁוּחָהpitnot studied yet
- sheḥitשְׁחִיתpitnot studied yet
- shiḥahשִׁיחָהpitnot studied yet
- gummatsגּוּמָּץpitnot studied yet
- mikhrehמִכְרֶהpitnot studied yet
- sheḥutשְׁחוּתpitnot studied yet
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