Original: ἄβυσσος

Transliteration: ábyssos

Phonetic: ab'-us-sos

Short Definition: Deep

- Original: ἄβυσσος

- Transliteration: Abussos

- Phonetic: ab'-us-sos

- Definition:

1. bottomless

2. unbounded

3. the abyss

a. the pit

b. the immeasurable depth

c. 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

- Origin: from G1 (as a negative particle) and a variation of G1037

- TDNT entry: 01:09,2

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From G1 (as a negative particle) and a variation of G1037; depthless that is (specifically) (infernal) abyss: - deep (bottomless) pit.