4257 pit
Dictionary of Bible Themes
Matthew 15:14

A hole in the ground

See also

Exodus 21:33-34
2 Samuel 18:17; 23:20
Matthew 12:11
Mark 12:1
Luke 6:39
Psalms 35:7-8

A pit used as a trap

See also

Psalms 7:15; 9:15; 57:6; 94:13
Proverbs 26:27
Ecclesiastes 10:8
Isaiah 24:17-18
Jeremiah 18:20-22; 48:43-44
Ezekiel 19:4,8
Psalms 40:2

A pit as a symbol of distress or grief

See also

Job 9:30-31
Psalms 88:6
Proverbs 22:14; 23:27
Lamentations 3:53-55
Zechariah 9:11
Isaiah 14:15

The pit as a term for the grave

See also

Job 33:18,22,24,28,30
Psalms 28:1; 30:3,9; 55:23; 69:15; 88:4; 103:4; 143:7
Proverbs 1:12
Isaiah 14:19; 38:17-18
Ezekiel 26:20; 28:8; 31:14,16,18; 32:23-25,29-30
Jonah 2:6
Isaiah 30:33

The pit as a symbol of judgment

See also

4813 depth
5241 burial
5589 trap
9020 death
9040 grave, the
9240 last judgment
9510 hell
9530 Hades
9540 Sheol
Dictionary of Bible Themes
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