Pit
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Pit - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
A hole in the ground (Ex. 21:33, 34), a cistern for water (Gen. 37:24; Jer. 14:3), a vault (41:9), a grave (Ps. 30:3). It is used as a figure for mischief (Ps. 9:15), and is the name given to the unseen place of woe (Rev. 20:1, 3). The slime-pits in the vale of Siddim were wells which yielded asphalt (Gen. 14:10).
Pit - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
PIT, v.t. To indent; to press into hollows.
1. To mark with little hollows, as by variolous pustules; as the face pitted by the small pocks.
2. To set in competition, as in combat.
In other dictionaries
Read “Aqueduct” in the 25 dictionaries- CisternEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- PoolEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- SnareEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- TrapEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- TrenchEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- WellEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- AqueductInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- Cistern; Well; Pool; AqueductInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- PitInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- PondInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- Pool; Pond; ReservoirInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- ReservoirInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- SnareInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- TrapInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- TrenchInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- WellInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- CisternSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- PitSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- PondSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- PoolSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- WellSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- cistern, wellTranslation Words
- pit, pitfall, trench, cisternTranslation Words
- snare, ensnare, entrap, trap, trapped, pitfallTranslation Words
Source of the article
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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