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Noun bothynos (pit) in the Bible
(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament and Brenton for the Septuagint with a few modifications for a more litteral meaning)
Matthew
12: 11 | He said to them, "Suppose one of you has only one sheep and it falls into a pit (bothynos) on the sabbath; will you not lay hold of it and lift it out? |
15: 14 | Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit (bothynos)." |
Luke
6: 39 | He also told them a parable: "Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit (bothynos)? |
2 Samuel (LXX: 2 Kings)
18: 17 | And he took Abessalom, and cast him into a great cavern in the wood, into a deep pit (bothynos), and set up over him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled every man to his tent. |
2 Kings (LXX: 4 Kings)
3: 16 | And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley pits (bothynos), pits (bothynos). |
Isaiah (LXX)
24: 17 | Fear, and a pit (bothynos), and a snare, are upon you that dwell on the earth. |
24: 18 | And it shall come to pass, that he that flees from the fear shall fall into the pit (bothynos); and he that comes up out of the pit (bothynos) shall be caught by the snare: for windows have been opened in heaven, and the foundations of the earth shall be shaken, |
47: 11 | And destruction shall come upon thee, and thou shalt not be aware; there shall be a pit (bothynos), and thou shalt fall into it: and grief shall come upon thee, and thou shalt not be able to be clear; and destruction shall come suddenly upon thee, and thou shalt not know. |
51: 1 | Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, and seek the Lord: look to the solid rock, which ye have hewn, and to the hole of the pit (bothynos) which ye have dug. |
Jeremiah (LXX)
48 (31): 28 | The inhabitants of Moab have left the cities, and dwelt in rocks; they have become as doves nestling in rocks, at the mouth of a pit (bothynos). |
48 (31): 43 | A snare, and fear, and the pit (bothynos), are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab. |
48 (31): 44 | He that flees from the terror shall fall into the pit (bothynos), and he that comes up out of the pit (bothynos) shall even be taken in the snare: for I will bring these things upon Moab in the year of their visitation. |
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