Bible Dictionary
Pit
A pit may be a hole, cistern, dungeon, grave, or trap. Scripture also uses the term figuratively for the grave, the realm of the dead, and the bottomless pit associated with judgment.
Biblical Usage
Pits appear as places of imprisonment, water storage, burial, danger, and entrapment. The term is used figuratively for human mischief, the grave, the unseen place of woe, and the bottomless pit.
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