Phréar — G5421

Definition

neuter noun

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)

Usually translated as

pit, well

Origin

of uncertain derivation

Occurrences

Phréar occurs 7 times in 5 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Luke (1), John (2), Revelation (2)

• Luke 14:5 — And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit (φρέαρ), and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
• John 4:11 — The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well (φρέαρ) is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
• John 4:12 — Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well (φρέαρ), and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
• Revelation 9:1 — And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit (φρέατος).
• Revelation 9:2 — And he opened the bottomless pit (φρέαρ); and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
• Revelation 9:2 — And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit (φρέατος), as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
• Revelation 9:2 — And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit (φρέατος).