Lexical Summary spēlaion: a cave Original Word: σπήλαιονTransliteration: spēlaion Phonetic Spelling: (spay'-lah-yon) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a cave Meaning: a cave Strong's Concordance cave, den. Neuter of a presumed derivative of speos (a grotto); a cavern; by implication, a hiding-place or resort -- cave, den. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4693: σπήλαιονσπήλαιον, σπηλαίου, τό (σπέος (cavern; cf. Curtius, § 111)), a cave (den): Matthew 21:13; Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46; John 11:38; Hebrews 11:38; Revelation 6:15. (Plato, Plutarch, Lucian, Aelian, others; the Sept. for מְעָרָה.) |
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