Ancient Greek lemma · Strong’s G999

βόθυνος

bothynos · /both'-oo-nos/ — “pit”

A pit, hole, or cistern dug in the ground. In the LXX it often renders Hebrew terms for a pit or trap and is used both literally of excavations and figuratively of snares or calamity.

Derivation: akin to βόθρος (a pit)