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SPECIAL TOPIC: PIT

This term (BDB 92) could refer to

  1. a pit for cooking (Arabic root)
  2. a pit for rain water (i.e., cistern, cf. Lev. 11:36; Deut. 6:11; 2 Sam. 23:15,16; 2 Kgs. 18:31)
  3. a pit for storing grain (1 Sam. 19:22; Neh. 9:25)
  4. a pit to trap animals (2 Sam. 23:20)
  5. a pit for holding prisoners (Gen. 37:22; 41:14; 2 Kgs. 10:14; Jer. 38:6; 37:16; Zech. 9:11)

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