Pit

Easton, 1897

A hole in the ground (Exodus 21:33, Exodus 21:34), a cistern for water (Genesis 37:24; Jeremiah 14:3), a vault (Jeremiah 41:9), a grave (Psalms 30:3). It is used as a figure for mischief (Psalms 9:15), and is the name given to the unseen place of woe (Revelation 20:1, Revelation 20:3). The slime-pits in the vale of Siddim were wells which yielded asphalt (Genesis 14:10).