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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915

Bottomless, Pit

bot'-um-les, (to phrear tes abussou, "the pit of the abyss," Revelation 9:1,2 the King James Version):

In the Revised Version (British and American), he abussos (always an adjective in classical authors = "bottomless") is uniformly rendered "the ABYSS" (which see) (Luke 8:31; Romans 10:7; Revelation 9:11; 11:7; 17:8; 20:1,3).

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, general editor (Chicago: Howard-Severance, 1915). Public domain. Text as published by biblestudytools.com. From the Encyclosphere, the open network of encyclopedias run by the Knowledge Standards Foundation.