# G12 ἄβυσσος

ἄβυσσος (ábyssos), Strong’s G12: depthless, i.e. (specially) (infernal) "abyss" KJV: deep, (bottomless) pit. Occurs 53 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G12 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*ábyssos* — depthless, i.e. (specially) (infernal) "abyss"

KJV: deep, (bottomless) pit

Built from [Α A](https://besorah.bible/word/G1) (the first letter of the alphabet) + [βυθός bythós](https://besorah.bible/word/G1037) (depth)

Occurs 53 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Luke 8:31](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/8?v=31) — They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.
- [Romans 10:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/10?v=7) — or, ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Messiah up from the dead.)”
- [Revelation 9:1](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/9?v=1) — The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss…
- [Revelation 9:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/9?v=2) — He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a burning furnace. The sun and…
- [Revelation 9:11](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/9?v=11) — They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is “Abaddon”, but in Greek, he has the name…
- [Revelation 11:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/11?v=7) — When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome…
- [Revelation 17:8](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/17?v=8) — The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who…
- [Revelation 20:1](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/20?v=1) — I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
- [Revelation 20:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/20?v=3) — and cast him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more until the…
- [Wisdom of Solomon 10:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/10?v=19) — but she drowned their enemies, and she cast them up from the bottom of the deep.