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Nave Topical Bible
• Pit
Thompson Chain Reference
• Pit, the
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Pit
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Pit
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Pit
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Pit
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Pit
• Bottomless Pit
Hastings' BibleDictionary
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• Bottomless Pit
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Pit
• Bottomless Pit
King James Dictionary
• Pit
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Pit
• Bottomless Pit
People's Bible Dictionary
• Pit
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Pit
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Pit
• Pit
Wilson's Bible Types
• Pit
Webster Dictionary
• Pock-Pitted
• Pitting
• Pitted
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Bottomless Pit
• Pit
• Slime; Slime Pits
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Bottomless Pit.
• Bottomless Pit. (2)
• Pit
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Pit`aka`
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• ἄβυσσος
• βόθρος , βόθυνος
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• בְּאֵר
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A reservoir, either natural or artificial, for water. Pits were sometimes used as dungeons, Genesis 37:20; Jeremiah 38:6; or being slightly covered, and baited, they served as traps to catch wild beasts, a device which illustrates the plots of designing men and women, Psalm 119:85; Proverbs 22:14; 26:27; Ezekiel 19:4 . The word pit is also used to denote the grave, Psalm 28:1; 30:3,9; and hell, Revelation 20:1 .