Bottomless, Pit
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ISBE 19159 verse references
ISBE 1915
From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915). Where it reports or adopts critical theories, those are the views of its writers or the scholars they cite; Gospel Companion holds the historic Christian view of Scripture.
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).
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In Scripture
Revelation 9:1Revelation 9:2Luke 8:31Romans 10:7Revelation 9:11Revelation 11:7Revelation 17:8Revelation 20:1Revelation 20:3
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- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · Public domain