Bottomless, Pit

bot'-um-les, (to phrear tes abussou, "the pit of the abyss," Re 9:1-2 the King James Version): In the Revised Version (British and American), he abussos (always an adjective in classical authors = "bottomless") is uniformly rendered "the abyss" (which see) (Lu 8:31; Ro 10:7; Re 9:11; 11:7; 17:8; 20:1,3).

See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.


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