ἈΒΥΣΣΟΥΣ, ἀβυσσους
ABYSSOUS, abyssous
Sounds Like: ah-BYSS-oos
Translations: abyss, the abyss, bottomless pit, the deep
From the root: ΑΒΥΣΣΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a bottomless or immeasurably deep place, often associated with the underworld or a vast body of water. It is used to describe a chasm, a deep gulf, or the primeval waters. In a theological context, it can refer to the abode of evil spirits or the place of the dead.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0012 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 28:3
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΒΥΣΣΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΒΥΣΣΟΙΣ — (in) the deep, (in) the abyss, (in) the bottomless pit
- ἈΒΥΣΣΟΝ — abyss, a bottomless pit, the deep, the underworld
- ἈΒΥΣΣΩ — (to) abyss, (to) deep, (to) bottomless pit, (to) a deep, (to) an abyss
- ἈΒΥΣΣΩΝ — of the abyss, of the deep, of the bottomless pit
- ΑΒΟΥ — of the abyss, of the bottomless pit
- ΑΒΥΣΣΟ — abyss, bottomless pit, the deep
- ΑΒΥΣΣΟΙ — abyss, depths, bottomless pit
- ΑΒΥΣΣΟΙΣ — abyss, the abyss, bottomless pit, the bottomless pit
- ΑΒΥΣΣΟΝ — abyss, a bottomless pit, the deep
- ΑΒΥΣΣΟΣ — abyss, the abyss, bottomless pit, the bottomless pit, a bottomless pit
- ΑΒΥΣΣΟΥ — of the abyss, of the bottomless pit, of the deep
- ΑΒΥΣΣΟΥΣ — abyss, bottomless pit, the deep
- ΑΒΥΣΣΩ — abyss, bottomless pit, the deep, the underworld
- ΑΒΥΣΣΩΝ — of the abyss, of the bottomless pit, of the deep
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