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ἄβυσσος G12

G12 is the Greek word ἄβυσσος, transliterated ábyssos. The King James Version most often renders it bottomless pit.

Word: ἄβυσσοςTransliteration: ábyssosLanguage: GreekIn the KJV: 8 verses

What it means

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

Where it comes from

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

How the King James Version translates it

Across 8 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

bottomless pit 5×bottomless 2×deep 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: deep, (bottomless) pit.

Verses using ἄβυσσος

All 8 verses, quoted in full.

Romans 10:7 · KJV

Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)

Revelation 9:1 · KJV

And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

Revelation 9:2 · KJV

And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

Revelation 9:11 · KJV

And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

Revelation 11:7 · KJV

And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

Revelation 17:8 · KJV

The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

Revelation 20:1 · KJV

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

Revelation 20:3 · KJV

And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

Common questions

What does Strong's G12 mean?

G12 is the Greek word ἄβυσσος (ábyssos), meaning depthless, i.e. (specially) (infernal) "abyss".

How is G12 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it bottomless pit (5 times), bottomless (2 times), deep (1 time).

How many times does G12 appear in the Bible?

ἄβυσσος (ábyssos) is tagged in 8 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does G12 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and a variation of G1037 (βυθός).

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