ἄβυσσος

ἄ-βυσσος, -ον (Ion. βυσσός = βυθός),

1. in cl., boundless, bottomless (e.g. ἄ. πέλαγος, ἄ. πλοῦτος Æsch.).

2. [In LXX (for תְּהוֹם, 1 Mos 1,2, al.; exc. Es 44,27, Job 41,22 for צוּלָה, מְצוּלָה, Job 36,16 for רַחַב) and] NT, as subst. (MM, VGT, see word), ἡ ἄ. (sc. χώρα), the abyss;

(a) of the sea (1 Mos 1,2);

(b) of the underworld, as the abode of the dead: Rom 10,7 (a paraphrase of 5 Mos 30,13 LXX); as the abode of demons, Luk 8,31, Åb 9,1, 2, 11; 11,7; 17,8; 20,1, 3 (Cremer, 2).

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