Strong's Number G12

ἄβυσσος

abussos · ab'-us-sos

Transliteration:

abussos{ab'-us-sos}

Word Origin:

from 1 (as a negative particle) and a variation of 1037

TDNT:

1:9,2

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

depthless, i.e. (specially) (infernal) "abyss"

Usage in the KJV:

bottomless pit 5, deep 2, bottomless 2

Total: 9
Occurs 9 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

bottomless
unbounded
the abyss
1. the pit
2. the immeasurable depth
3. of Orcus, a very deep gulf or chasm in the lowest parts of the earth used as the common receptacle of the dead and especially as the abode of demons