◄ 5421. phrear ►
Strong's Lexicon phrear: Well, pit Original Word: φρέαρ Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: phrear Pronunciation: fray'-ar Phonetic Spelling: (freh'-ar) Definition: Well, pit Meaning: a pit, well, cistern. Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb φράσσω (phrasso), meaning "to fence in" or "to enclose." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H875: בְּאֵר (be'er) - well - H953: בּוֹר (bor) - pit, cistern Usage: The term "phrear" refers to a well or a pit, typically used for drawing water. In the New Testament, it is often used in a literal sense to describe a physical well, but it can also carry metaphorical implications, such as a place of depth or entrapment. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Near Eastern cultures, wells were vital for survival, providing essential water in arid regions. They were often communal gathering places and held significant social and economic importance. Wells could also be sites of divine encounters or significant events, as seen in various biblical narratives. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin a prim. word Definition a well NASB Translation pit (4), well (3). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5421: φρέαρ φρέαρ, φρεαρατος, τό, from the Homer hymn Cer. 99 and Herodotus 6, 119 down; the Sept. for בְּאֵר and (in 1 Samuel 19:22; 2 Samuel 3:26; Jeremiah 48:7, 9 () בּור (a pit, cistern), a well: Luke 14:5; John 4:11f; φρέαρ τῆς ἀβύσσου, 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 to resemble a cistern, the orifice of which is narrow), Revelation 9:1f. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance well, pit. Of uncertain derivation; a hole in the ground (dug for obtaining or holding water or other purposes), i.e. A cistern or well; figuratively, an abyss (as a prison) -- well, pit. Forms and Transliterations φρεαρ φρεάρ φρέαρ φρέατα φρέατι φρεατος φρέατος φρέατός φρεάτων phrear phréar phreatos phréatos Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Luke 14:5 N-ANS GRK: βοῦς εἰς φρέαρ πεσεῖται καὶ NAS: fall into a well, and will not immediately KJV: fallen into a pit, and will INT: an ox into a pit will fall and John 4:11 N-NNS GRK: καὶ τὸ φρέαρ ἐστὶν βαθύ NAS: to draw with and the well is deep; KJV: to draw with, and the well is deep: INT: and the well is deep John 4:12 N-ANS GRK: ἡμῖν τὸ φρέαρ καὶ αὐτὸς NAS: gave us the well, and drank KJV: gave us the well, and drank INT: us the well and himself Revelation 9:1 N-GNS GRK: κλεὶς τοῦ φρέατος τῆς ἀβύσσου NAS: of the bottomless pit was given KJV: the key of the bottomless pit. INT: key of the pit of the abyss Revelation 9:2 N-ANS GRK: ἤνοιξεν τὸ φρέαρ τῆς ἀβύσσου NAS: the bottomless pit, and smoke KJV: the bottomless pit; and INT: it opened the pit of the abyss Revelation 9:2 N-GNS GRK: ἐκ τοῦ φρέατος ὡς καπνὸς NAS: went up out of the pit, like KJV: a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke INT: out of of the pit as [the] smoke Revelation 9:2 N-GNS GRK: καπνοῦ τοῦ φρέατος NAS: were darkened by the smoke of the pit. KJV: by reason of the smoke of the pit. INT: smoke of the pit Strong's Greek 5421 7 Occurrences φρέαρ — 4 Occ. φρέατος — 3 Occ.