Quick Definition
a cave, den
Strong's Definition
a cavern; by implication, a hiding-place or resort
Derivation: neuter of a presumed derivative of (a grotto);
KJV Usage: cave, den
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σπήλαιον, σπηλαίου, τό (σπέος (cavern; cf. Curtius, § 111)), a cave (den): Mat_21:13; Mar_11:17; Luk_19:46; Joh_11:38; Heb_11:38; Rev_6:15. (Plato, Plutarch, Lucian, Aelian, others; the Sept. for ξΐςΘψΘδ.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σπήλαιον spēlaion 6x
a cave, cavern, den, hideout, Mat_21:13 ; Mar_11:17 ; Luk_19:46 ; Joh_11:38 ; Heb_11:38 ; Rev_6:5
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σπήλαιον , -ου , τό ,
[in LXX chiefly for H4631 ;]
a cave, cavern: Joh_11:38 , Heb_11:38 , Heb_6:15 ; σ . ( EV , den) λῃστῶν ( Joh_7:11 ), Mat_21:13 , Mar_11:17 , Luk_19:46 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σπήλαιον [page 583]
Souter s note Lex. s.v. a cave (especially as inhabited), is supported by the Byzantine papyrus Preisigke 5295 .7 , where in connexion with the letting of a house we hear of καμάραν μίαν ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ σου . MGr σπηλιά , σπήλι̰ο , cave : see also Thumb Handbook § 6. 6.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σπήλαιον σπήλαιον, ου, τό, [Etym: σπέος] "a grotto, cave, cavern", Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σπήλαιον, -ου, τό
[in LXX chiefly for מְעָרָה ;]
a cave, cavern: Jhn.11:38, Heb.11:38, Heb.6:15; σ. (EV, den) λῃστῶν (Jhn.7:11), Mat.21:13, Mrk.11:17, Luk.19:46.†
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