GreekG0012Noun (Feminine)

ἄβυσσος

abussos

9Occurrences
G0012Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

depthless, i.e. (specially) (infernal) "abyss"

from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and a variation of G1037 (βυθός);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.in cl., boundless, bottomless (e.g. ἄ. πέλαγος, ἄ. *πλοῦτος *Æsch.).
2.NT, as subst., ἡ ἄ. (sc. χώρα), the abyss
(a)of the sea (
(b)of the underworld, as the abode of the dead
LXX: (for תְּהוֹם, exc., for צוּלָה, מְצוּלָה, for רַחַב) and

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

ἄβυσσος appears 9 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Revelation
7
Luke
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

Luke 8:31BSB

And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.

Revelation 11:7BSB

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.

Revelation 17:8BSB

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.

Revelation 20:1BSB

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.

Revelation 20:3BSB

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.

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