Strong G5421φρέαρ
well/abyss
- Transliteration
- phrear
- Pronunciation
- freh'-ar
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Of uncertain derivation; a hole in the ground (dug for obtaining or holding water or other purposes) that is a cistern or well; figuratively an abyss (as a prison): - well pit.
Detailed definition
φρέαρ, -ατος, τό
[in LXX chiefly for בְּאֵר;]
a well: Luk.14:5, Sng.4:11-12; φ. τῆς ἀβύσσου, Rev.9:1-2.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for בְּאֵר;]
a well: Luk.14:5, Sng.4:11-12; φ. τῆς ἀβύσσου, Rev.9:1-2.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5421 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pit3
- well2
First verses
- Luke 14:5And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
- John 4:11The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
- John 4:12Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
- Revelation 9:1And 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.
- Revelation 9:2And 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.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
φρέ-αρ,
epigram φρεῖαρ [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 486, τό, _genitive_ φρέᾱτος (see. entry near the end))], contraction φρητός [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“IGRom.” 1.1167 C 6 (Egypt, 1st c.AD))], Hdn.Gr.1.409; Epic dialect dative φρέᾰτι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 99 (assuming variant), φρητί 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Cererem” 15)]; plural φρέᾱτα, also φρῆτα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 499.12 (3rd c.BC))]; Epic dialect plural φρείᾰτα (see. below):—an artificial well (thus distinguished from κρήνη,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.120, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 14.30)]; but φ. ἀσφάλτον naphtha-spring, [LXX+8th c.BC+ (LXX.Gen.14.10, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.119), πᾶσαι κρῆναι καὶ φρείατα μακρὰ νάουσιν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.197)]; the stem φρεατ - first in [Refs (“hymnus ad Cererem” [prev. cited])]
2 later, tank, cistern, reservoir, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.48, 49, “PHal.” 1.98 (3rd c.BC))], etc.; εἰς φ. καταβαίνειν καὶ κολυμβᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 193c, compare “Prt.” 350a; φ. ὀρώρυκται 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.129; ποιητὰ φ., see at {ποιητός} 1)]: generally, pit, φ. διαφθορᾶς [LXX (LXX.Psa.54(55).24.)]
2.b perhaps oil-jar, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 810.)]
3 metaphorically, εἰς φρέατά τε καὶ πᾶσαν ἀπορίαν ἐμπίπτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 174c; ἐν φρέατι συσχόμενος [prev. work] 165b)]; ἡ περὶ τὸ φ. ὄρχησις, proverbial of persons 'on the brink of a volcano', [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.68b)]; λύκος περὶ φ. χορεύει proverbial cited in [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.)]; πίνειν ἐξ ἀργυροῦ φρέατος, i.e. a large wine-cup, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.192a, cf. Chamaeleon cited in [same work] 11.461c)]. [Attic dialect genitive φρέᾱτος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1004, “fragment” 295, 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 57 (troch.), 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 179, 4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Gelous Comicus 1.] (Orig. frhvṛ,)] genitive frhvṇτος, cf. Armenian albiur 'well', Goth. and O[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] brunna 'stream, burn', Latin ferveo, defrutum.)
epigram φρεῖαρ [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 486, τό, _genitive_ φρέᾱτος (see. entry near the end))], contraction φρητός [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“IGRom.” 1.1167 C 6 (Egypt, 1st c.AD))], Hdn.Gr.1.409; Epic dialect dative φρέᾰτι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 99 (assuming variant), φρητί 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Cererem” 15)]; plural φρέᾱτα, also φρῆτα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 499.12 (3rd c.BC))]; Epic dialect plural φρείᾰτα (see. below):—an artificial well (thus distinguished from κρήνη,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.120, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 14.30)]; but φ. ἀσφάλτον naphtha-spring, [LXX+8th c.BC+ (LXX.Gen.14.10, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.119), πᾶσαι κρῆναι καὶ φρείατα μακρὰ νάουσιν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.197)]; the stem φρεατ - first in [Refs (“hymnus ad Cererem” [prev. cited])]
2 later, tank, cistern, reservoir, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.48, 49, “PHal.” 1.98 (3rd c.BC))], etc.; εἰς φ. καταβαίνειν καὶ κολυμβᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 193c, compare “Prt.” 350a; φ. ὀρώρυκται 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.129; ποιητὰ φ., see at {ποιητός} 1)]: generally, pit, φ. διαφθορᾶς [LXX (LXX.Psa.54(55).24.)]
2.b perhaps oil-jar, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 810.)]
3 metaphorically, εἰς φρέατά τε καὶ πᾶσαν ἀπορίαν ἐμπίπτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 174c; ἐν φρέατι συσχόμενος [prev. work] 165b)]; ἡ περὶ τὸ φ. ὄρχησις, proverbial of persons 'on the brink of a volcano', [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.68b)]; λύκος περὶ φ. χορεύει proverbial cited in [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.)]; πίνειν ἐξ ἀργυροῦ φρέατος, i.e. a large wine-cup, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.192a, cf. Chamaeleon cited in [same work] 11.461c)]. [Attic dialect genitive φρέᾱτος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1004, “fragment” 295, 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 57 (troch.), 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 179, 4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Gelous Comicus 1.] (Orig. frhvṛ,)] genitive frhvṇτος, cf. Armenian albiur 'well', Goth. and O[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] brunna 'stream, burn', Latin ferveo, defrutum.)