ἄβυσσοςábyssos
depthless, i.e. (specially) (infernal) "abyss"
Greek (New Testament) · G12
Meanings
1. in classical Greek, boundless, bottomless (e.g. ἄ. πέλαγος, ἄ. πλοῦτος Æsch.).
2. [In LXX (for תְּהוֹם, Genesis 1:2, and elsewhere; exc. Isaiah 44:27, Job 41:22 for צוּלָה, מְצוּלָה, Job 36:16 for רַחַב) and] NT, as as a noun, ἡ ἄ. (namely χώρα), the abyss
(a) of the sea (Genesis 1:2)
(b) of the underworld, as the abode of the dead: Romans 10:7 (a paraphrase of Deuteronomy 30:13 LXX); as the abode of demons, Luke 8:31, Revelation 9:1, Revelation 9:2, Revelation 9:11, Revelation 11:7, Revelation 17:8, Revelation 20:1, Revelation 20:3.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Luke 8:31 The demons kept begging Jesus not to send them into the bottomless pit.
- Romans 10:7 And don’t say, ‘Who will go down to the place of the dead?’ (to bring Christ back to life again).”
- Revelation 9:1 Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen to earth from the sky, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.
- Revelation 9:2 When he opened it, smoke poured out as though from a huge furnace, and the sunlight and air turned dark from the smoke.
- Revelation 9:11 Their king is the angel from the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon—the Destroyer.
- Revelation 11:7 When they complete their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the bottomless pit will declare war against them, and he will conquer them and kill them.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.