Bible Encyclopedia: Bottomless

◄ Bottomless ►

Jump to: ISBE • Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Library • Subtopics • Terms

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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; Revelation 11:7; Revelation 17:8; 20:1, 3).

Greek

12. abussos -- boundless, bottomless
... boundless, bottomless. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: abussos Phonetic
Spelling: (ab'-us-sos) Short Definition: the abyss, the unfathomable ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/12.htm - 6k

Library

The Angel of the Bottomless Pit
... Names And Titles of the Antichrist 25. The Angel of the Bottomless Pit.
"And they had a king over them, which is the Angel of the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the antichrist/25 the angel of the.htm

The Millennium in Relation to Satan.
... The removal of Satan from this earth is described in Rev.20:1-3, "and I saw an angel
[16] come down from heaven, having the key of the Bottomless Pit and a ...
/.../pink/the redeemers return/1 the millennium in relation.htm

The Antichrist Will be Judas Reincarnated
... 5. In Rev.11:7 we have the first reference to "the Beast" in the Apocalypse: "The
Beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit." Here the Antichrist is seen ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the antichrist/iii the antichrist will be.htm

The Revelation and Career of the Anti-Christ.
... But if he is not yet born then the unequivocal answer is, He is in the Abyss or
Bottomless Pit (Rev.11:7). This Scripture contains the first reference to "the ...
/.../pink/the redeemers return/4 the revelation and career.htm

The Scope of the Apocalypse is Indicated by Its Place in the ...
... context takes us back to the opening verse of Rev.9 where a "star" is seen falling
from heaven unto the earth, unto whom is given the key to the Bottomless Pit ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the antichrist/the scope of the apocalypse.htm

'de Profundis'
... It is a place of darkness and of storms, a shoreless and bottomless sea, where he
is drowning, and drowning, while all God's waves and billows go over him. ...
/.../kingsley/the good news of god/sermon viii de profundis.htm

Desolation of the Earth
... Lord's second coming and the destruction of the wicked, the prophecy continues:
"I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and ...
/.../white/the great controversy/chapter 41 desolation of the.htm

Contrasts Between Christ and the Antichrist
... 14:19). 10. One is called the Mighty Angel (Rev.10:1); the other is called
the Angel of the Bottomless Pit (Rev.9:11).11. One is ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/pink/the antichrist/contrasts between christ and the.htm

Desolation of the Earth.
... Lord's second coming and the destruction of the wicked, the prophecy continues:
"I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and ...
/.../the great controversy between christ and satan /41 desolation of the earth.htm

Two Standpoints.
... To make the bliss of the elect the final end of all things while Satan still roars
in the bottomless pit is to annihilate the very thought of such bliss. ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/ii two standpoints.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Without a bottom; hence, fathomless; baseless; as, a bottomless abyss.

Thesaurus

Bottomless (9 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Without a bottom; hence, fathomless; baseless; as,
a bottomless abyss. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BOTTOMLESS, PIT. ...
/b/bottomless.htm - 10k

Pit (110 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BOTTOMLESS, PIT. ... For "bottomless pit" (Revelation
9:1, the King James Version, etc.). See ABYSS. T. Lewis. ...
/p/pit.htm - 41k

Abyss (11 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf,
or chasm; specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit. 2 ...
/a/abyss.htm - 13k

Abaddon (7 Occurrences)
... Destruction, the Hebrew name (equivalent to the Greek Apollyon, ie, destroyer)
of "the angel of the bottomless pit" (Revelation 9:11). ...
/a/abaddon.htm - 12k

Depths (56 Occurrences)
... fifth angel blew his trumpet; and I saw a Star which had fallen from Heaven to the
earth; and to him was given the key of the depths of the bottomless pit, (WEY ...
/d/depths.htm - 22k

Wild (147 Occurrences)
... Revelation 11:7 "And when they have fully delivered their testimony, the Wild Beast
which is to rise out of the bottomless pit will make war upon them and ...
/w/wild.htm - 50k

Bottom (33 Occurrences)

/b/bottom.htm - 20k

Locusts (33 Occurrences)
... Revelation 9:11 The locusts had a king over them--the angel of the bottomless pit,
whose name in Hebrew is 'Abaddon,' while in the Greek he is called 'Apollyon ...
/l/locusts.htm - 16k

Inhabitants (254 Occurrences)
... Revelation 17:8 "The Wild Beast which you have seen was, and is not, and yet is
destined to re-ascend, before long, out of the bottomless pit and go his way ...
/i/inhabitants.htm - 41k

Re-ascend (1 Occurrence)
... Revelation 17:8 "The Wild Beast which you have seen was, and is not, and yet is
destined to re-ascend, before long, out of the bottomless pit and go his way ...
/r/re-ascend.htm - 7k

Bible Concordance

Bottomless (9 Occurrences)

Luke 8:31 and they besought Him not to command them to be gone into the Bottomless Pit.
(WEY DBY)

Revelation 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
(KJV WEY WBS NAS RSV)

Revelation 9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
(KJV WEY WBS NAS RSV)

Revelation 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
(KJV WEY WBS RSV)

Revelation 11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
(KJV WEY WBS RSV)

Revelation 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
(KJV WEY WBS RSV)

Revelation 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
(KJV WEY WBS RSV)

Revelation 20:2 He laid hold of the Dragon--the ancient serpent--who is the Devil and the Adversary, and bound him for a thousand years, and hurled him into the bottomless pit.
(WEY)

Revelation 20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
(KJV WBS)

Subtopics

Bottomless

Related Terms

Pit (110 Occurrences)

Abyss (11 Occurrences)

Abaddon (7 Occurrences)

Depths (56 Occurrences)

Wild (147 Occurrences)

Bottom (33 Occurrences)

Locusts (33 Occurrences)

Inhabitants (254 Occurrences)

Re-ascend (1 Occurrence)