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cf. <span class="abbreviation">Curtius</span>, § 111)), <span class="accented">a cave</span> (den): <a href="/interlinear/matthew/21-13.htm">Matthew 21:13</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/11-17.htm">Mark 11:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/19-46.htm">Luke 19:46</a>; <a href="/interlinear/john/11-38.htm">John 11:38</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/11-38.htm">Hebrews 11:38</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/6-15.htm">Revelation 6:15</a>. (<span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Lucian</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Aelian</span>, others; the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">מְעָרָה</span>.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>cave, den. <p>Neuter of a presumed derivative of speos (a grotto); a cavern; by implication, a hiding-place or resort -- cave, den. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>σπηλαια σπήλαια σπηλαιοις σπηλαίοις σπηλαιον σπήλαιον σπηλαίου σπηλαίω σπιθα΄μης σπιθαμή σπιθαμής spelaia spēlaia spḗlaia spelaiois spelaíois spēlaiois spēlaíois spelaion spēlaion spḗlaion<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/greek/4693.htm">Strong's Greek 4693</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4693.htm">6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/spe_laia_4693.htm">σπήλαια — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/spe_laiois_4693.htm">σπηλαίοις — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/spe_laion_4693.htm">σπήλαιον — 4 Occ.</a><br><br><b><a href="/text/matthew/21-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 21:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/21.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτὸν ποιεῖτε <b>σπήλαιον</b> λῃστῶν </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> but you are making it a ROBBERS' <span class="itali">DEN.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> have made it <span class="itali">a den</span> of thieves.<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/21-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> it have made <span class="itali">a den</span> of robbers<p><b><a href="/text/mark/11-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 11:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πεποιήκατε αὐτὸν <b>σπήλαιον</b> λῃστῶν </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> But you have made it a ROBBERS' <span class="itali">DEN.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/mark/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> have made it <span class="itali">a den</span> of thieves.<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/11-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> made it <span class="itali">a den</span> of robbers<p><b><a href="/text/luke/19-46.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 19:46</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/19.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτὸν ἐποιήσατε <b>σπήλαιον</b> λῃστῶν </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> but you have made it a ROBBERS' <span class="itali">DEN.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/luke/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> have made it <span class="itali">a den</span> of thieves.<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/19-46.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> it have made <span class="itali">a den</span> of robbers<p><b><a href="/text/john/11-38.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 11:38</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular">N-NNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἦν δὲ <b>σπήλαιον</b> καὶ λίθος</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Now <span class="itali">it was a cave,</span> and a stone<br><a href="/kjvs/john/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> It was <span class="itali">a cave,</span> and a stone<br><a href="/interlinear/john/11-38.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> it was moreover <span class="itali">a cave</span> and a stone<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/11-38.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 11:38</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Neuter Plural">N-DNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὄρεσιν καὶ <b>σπηλαίοις</b> καὶ ταῖς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and mountains <span class="itali">and caves</span> and holes<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">[in] dens</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/11-38.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in mountains and <span class="itali">in caves</span> and in the<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/6-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 6:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural">N-ANP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἰς τὰ <b>σπήλαια</b> καὶ εἰς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> themselves <span class="itali">in the caves</span> and among<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> themselves in <span class="itali">the dens</span> and in<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/6-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in the <span class="itali">caves</span> and in<p><b><a href="/greek/strongs_4693.htm">6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/greek/4692.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4692"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4692" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/4694.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="4694"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="4694" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/strongsleft.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/strongsright.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>