Strongs Number: G5421
- Greek Word
- φρέαρ
- Transliteration
- phrear
- Phonetic
- freh'-ar
- Part of Speech
- Noun Neuter
- Strongs Definition
-
a hole in the ground (dug for obtaining or holding water or other purposes) that is a cistern or well; figuratively an abyss (as a prison)
- Thayers Definition
-
1. a well
2. the pit of the abyss (because the nether world is thought to increase in size the further it extends from the surface of the earth and so resemble a cistern, the orifice of which is narrow)
- Origin
- Of uncertain derivation
- Bible Usage
- well pit.