Lexicon phrear: a well Original Word: φρέαρ, φρέατος, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: phrear Phonetic Spelling: (freh'-ar) Short Definition: a pit, well Definition: a pit, well, cistern. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definitiona well NASB Translationpit (4), well (3).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5421: φρέαρφρέαρ, φρεαρατος, τό, from the Homer hymn Cer. 99 and Herodotus 6, 119 down; the Sept. for בְּאֵר and (in 1 Samuel 19:22; 2 Samuel 3:26; Jeremiah 48:7, 9 () בּור (a pit, cistern), a well: Luke 14:5; John 4:11f; φρέαρ τῆς ἀβύσσου, the pit of the abyss (because the nether world is thought to increase in size the further it extends from the surface of the earth and so to resemble a cistern, the orifice of which is narrow), Revelation 9:1f.
Strong's well, pit. Of uncertain derivation; 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) -- well, pit. |
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