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The term "pit" can refer to a physical hole in the ground, a cistern, or a grave, and is used throughout Scripture to convey various spiritual and moral lessons.<br><br><b>Literal Pits</b><br><br>1. <b>Cisterns and Wells</b>: In ancient times, pits were commonly used as cisterns or wells to collect and store water. <a href="/genesis/37-24.htm">Genesis 37:24</a> describes how Joseph's brothers threw him into a pit, which was an empty cistern: "And they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it." This act of betrayal set the stage for Joseph's eventual rise to power in Egypt.<br><br>2. <b>Traps and Snares</b>: Pits were also used as traps for capturing animals or enemies. In <a href="/psalms/7-15.htm">Psalm 7:15</a>, the wicked are described as falling into the pits they have dug for others: "He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making."<br><br>3. <b>Graves</b>: The term "pit" is sometimes synonymous with the grave or Sheol, the abode of the dead. In <a href="/job/17-16.htm">Job 17:16</a>, Job laments, "Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we descend together into the dust?" Here, the pit represents the finality of death and the grave.<br><br><b>Metaphorical Pits</b><br><br>1. <b>Judgment and Destruction</b>: Pits often symbolize divine judgment and destruction. In <a href="/isaiah/24-17.htm">Isaiah 24:17-18</a>, the prophet warns of the terror and pitfall awaiting those who reject God: "Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth. Whoever flees the sound of terror will fall into a pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in a snare."<br><br>2. <b>Despair and Deliverance</b>: The imagery of a pit is frequently used to describe a state of despair or distress, from which only God can deliver. <a href="/psalms/40-2.htm">Psalm 40:2</a> illustrates this deliverance: "He lifted me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm."<br><br>3. <b>Moral and Spiritual Decline</b>: <a href="/proverbs/26-27.htm">Proverbs 26:27</a> warns of the moral consequences of one's actions: "He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him." This proverb highlights the principle of reaping what one sows, emphasizing the moral law of cause and effect.<br><br><b>Theological Significance</b><br><br>Pits in the Bible often serve as a metaphor for the human condition and the need for divine intervention. They represent the depths of sin and the consequences of turning away from God, yet they also highlight God's power to rescue and redeem. The imagery of being lifted from a pit underscores the hope and salvation found in God's grace and mercy.<br><br>Throughout Scripture, pits remind believers of the dangers of sin, the reality of divine judgment, and the promise of deliverance through faith in God. They serve as a powerful symbol of both the peril of disobedience and the hope of redemption.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">SLIME; SLIME PITS</span><p>slim, slim'-pits (chemar; Septuagint asphaltos; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) bitumen; the Revised Version margin "bitumen"; compare Arabic chummar, "bitumen"; and compare chomer, "clay," "mortar"): In the account of the ark in <a href="/genesis/6-14.htm">Genesis 6:14</a>, kopher Septuagint asphaltos; Vulgate: bitumen; compare Arabic kufr, "pitch") does not necessarily denote vegetable pitch, but may well mean bitumen. The same may be said of zepheth, "pitch" (compare Arabic zift, "pitch"), in <a href="/exodus/2-3.htm">Exodus 2:3</a> and <a href="/isaiah/34-9.htm">Isaiah 34:9</a>. The word "slime" occurs in the following passages: "And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar" (<a href="/genesis/11-3.htm">Genesis 11:3</a>); "Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits" (<a href="/genesis/14-10.htm">Genesis 14:10</a>, margin "bitumen pits"); "She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch" (<a href="/exodus/2-3.htm">Exodus 2:3</a>).<br><br>Bitumen is a hydrocarbon allied to petroleum and natural gas. It is a lustrous black solid, breaking with a conchoidal fracture, burning with a yellow flame, and melting when ignited. It is probably derived from natural gas and petroleum by a process of oxidation and evaporation, and its occurrence may be taken as a sign that other hydrocarbons are or have been present in the strata. It is found in small lumps and larger masses in the cretaceous limestone on the west side of the Dead Sea, and there is reason to believe that considerable quantities of it rise to the surface of the Dead Sea during earthquakes. In ancient times it was exported to Egypt to be used in embalming mummies. Important mines of it exist at Chasbeiya near Mt. Hermon and in North Syria. Springs of liquid bituminous matter exist in Mesopotamia, where according to Herodotus and other classical writers it was used as mortar with sun-dried bricks. Various conjectures have been made as to the part played by bitumen in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Diodorus Siculus calls the Dead Sea limne asphalstitis, "lake of asphalt."<br><br>See <a href="../s/siddim.htm">SIDDIM</a>; <a href="../c/cities.htm">CITIES OF THE PLAIN</a>.<br><br>Alfred Ely Day<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4618a.htm"><span class="l">4618a. siros -- a pit (for grain storage)</span></a> <br><b>...</b> a pit (for grain storage). Transliteration: siros Short Definition: <b>pits</b>. Word Origin<br> a prim. word Definition a pit (for grain storage) NASB Word Usage <b>pits</b> (1) <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4618a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/4113.htm"><span class="l">4113. mahamorah -- a flood, watery pit</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4112, 4113. mahamorah. 4114 . a flood, watery pit. Transliteration: mahamorah<br> Phonetic Spelling: (mah-ham-o-raw') Short Definition: <b>pits</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4113.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4379.htm"><span class="l">4379. mikreh -- a pit</span></a><br><b>...</b> a pit. Transliteration: mikreh Phonetic Spelling: (mik-reh') Short Definition: <b>pits</b>.<br> Word Origin from karah Definition a pit NASB Word Usage <b>pits</b> (1). salt pit. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4379.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7882.htm"><span class="l">7882. shichah -- a pit</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from shuach Definition a pit NASB Word Usage pit (1), <b>pits</b> (1). pit.<br> For shuwchah; a pit-fall -- pit. see HEBREW shuwchah. 7881, 7882. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7882.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6483.htm"><span class="l">6483. Pitstsets -- to break</span></a><br><b>...</b> 6482, 6483. Pitstsets. 6483a . to break. Transliteration: Pitstsets Phonetic<br> Spelling: (<b>pits</b>-tsates') Short Definition: break. Pitstsets, a priest -- Apses <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6483.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/875.htm"><span class="l">875. beer -- a well, pit</span></a><br><b>...</b> well. Word Origin from baar Definition a well, pit NASB Word Usage pit<br> (2), <b>pits</b> (1), well (29), well's (1), wells (3). pit, well. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/875.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7745.htm"><span class="l">7745. shuchah -- a pit</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from shuach Definition a pit NASB Word Usage pit (4), <b>pits</b> (1). ditch,<br> pit. From shuwach; a chasm -- ditch, pit. see HEBREW shuwach. 7744, 7745. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7745.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/830.htm"><span class="l">830. ashpoth -- an ash heap, refuse heap, dunghill</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from the same as shaphath Definition an ash heap, refuse heap, dunghill<br> NASB Word Usage ash (2), ash <b>pits</b> (1), refuse (4). dung hill. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/830.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7825.htm"><span class="l">7825. shechith -- a pit</span></a><br><b>...</b> Definition: destructions. Word Origin from shachah Definition a pit NASB Word<br> Usage destructions (1), <b>pits</b> (1). destruction, pit. From <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7825.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/953a.htm"><span class="l">953a. bor -- a pit, cistern, well</span></a><br><b>...</b> Origin from baar Definition a pit, cistern, well NASB Word Usage cistern (14), cisterns<br> (3), death (1), dungeon (3), dungeon* (2), pit (35), <b>pits</b> (2), quarry <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/953a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/augustine/exposition_on_the_book_of_psalms/psalm_lx.htm"><span class="l">Psalm LX.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> teaching for David himself, when he burned up Mesopotamia in Syria, and Syria Sobal,<br> and turned Joab, and smote Edom, in the valley of salt-<b>pits</b> twelve thousand <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lx.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_9_the_destruction_of.htm"><span class="l">The Destruction of the Sodomites by the Assyrian Wall.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> And when they were come over against Sodom, they pitched their camp at the vale<br> called the Slime <b>Pits</b>, for at that time there were <b>pits</b> in that place; but now <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 9 the destruction of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/miller/the_yoke/chapter_vii_athor_the_golden.htm"><span class="l">Athor, the Golden</span></a> <br><b>...</b> There were dust, smoke, stir and moving figures. The stone-<b>pits</b> were active again<br> after the lapse of half a century. <b>...</b> The stone-<b>pits</b> were deserted. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter vii athor the golden.htm</font><p><a href="/library/leupold/exposition_of_genesis_volume_1/chapter_xiv.htm"><span class="l">Chapter xiv</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 10. Now the valley of Siddim was full of bitumen <b>pits</b>, and as the kings of Sodom<br> and of Gomorrah fled some leaped into the <b>pits</b>, and the rest fled into the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xiv.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_28_1882/brought_up_from_the_horrible.htm"><span class="l">Brought up from the Horrible Pit</span></a> <br><b>...</b> He has not been content to leave his fellows their natural liberty, but he built<br> prisons and digged <b>pits</b> in which to shut up his victims. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 28 1882/brought up from the horrible.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_testaments_of_the_twelve_patriarchs/vi_the_testament_of_zebulun_concerning.htm"><span class="l">The Testament of Zebulun Concerning Compassion and Mercy.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> And Reuben rose and said, My brethren, let us not slay him, but let us cast him<br> into one of these dry <b>pits</b> which our fathers digged and found no water. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../vi the testament of zebulun concerning.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kingsley/david/sermon_v_friendship_or_david.htm"><span class="l">Friendship; Or, David and Jonathan</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Israelites were hidden in thickets, and caves, and <b>pits</b>, for fear of the<br> Philistines, when Jonathan was suddenly inspired to attack a Philistine garrison <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/david/sermon v friendship or david.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kleiser/fifteen_thousand_useful_phrases/section_iv_impressive_phrases.htm"><span class="l">Impressive Phrases</span></a> <br><b>...</b> affluent, opulent, abundant, and ample. allurements, <b>pits</b>, snares, and torments.<br> anger, indignation, resentment, and rage. animate, impel, instigate, and embolden <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section iv impressive phrases.htm</font><p><a href="/library/jennings/old_groans_and_new_songs/above_the_sun.htm"><span class="l">"Above the Sun. "</span></a> <br><b>...</b> He who in the sandy desert looks for springs to quench his thirst Finds his fountains<br> are but slime-<b>pits</b> such as Siddim's vale accursed; He who hopes to still <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/jennings/old groans and new songs/above the sun.htm</font><p><a href="/library/marshall/the_wonder_book_of_bible_stories/the_story_of_gideon_and.htm"><span class="l">The Story of Gideon and his Three Hundred Soldiers</span></a> <br><b>...</b> And if any Israelite could raise any grain, he buried it in <b>pits</b> covered with earth,<br> or in empty winepresses, where the Midianites could not find it. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../marshall/the wonder book of bible stories/the story of gideon and.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/b/bitumen-pits.htm"><span class="l">Bitumen-<b>pits</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br>Bitumen-<b>pits</b>. Bitumen, Bitumen-<b>pits</b>. Biziothiah . Multi-Version<br> Concordance Bitumen-<b>pits</b> (1 Occurrence). Genesis 14:10 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bitumen-pits.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/pits.htm"><span class="l"><b>Pits</b> (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SLIME; SLIME <b>PITS</b>. slim, slim'-<b>pits</b> (chemar;<br> Septuagint asphaltos; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/pits.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/salt-pits.htm"><span class="l">Salt-<b>pits</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br>Salt-<b>pits</b>. Saltpits, Salt-<b>pits</b>. Salt-sea . Multi-Version Concordance<br> Salt-<b>pits</b> (1 Occurrence). Zephaniah 2:9 Therefore <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/salt-pits.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/slime-pits.htm"><span class="l">Slime-<b>pits</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br>Slime-<b>pits</b>. Slime, Slime-<b>pits</b>. Slimy . Multi-Version Concordance<br> Slime-<b>pits</b> (1 Occurrence). Genesis 14:10 And the vale <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/slime-pits.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/slime.htm"><span class="l">Slime (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (Genesis 11:3; LXX., "asphalt;" RV marg., "bitumen"). The vale of Siddim was full<br> of slime <b>pits</b> (14:10). <b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SLIME; SLIME <b>PITS</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/slime.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/siddim.htm"><span class="l">Siddim (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> It was "full of slime-<b>pits</b>" (RV, "bitumen <b>pits</b>"). Here Chedorlaomer and the confederate<br> kings overthrew the kings of Sodom and the cities of the plain. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/siddim.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bitumen.htm"><span class="l">Bitumen (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Genesis 14:10 And the valley of Siddim 'is' full of bitumen-<b>pits</b>; and the kings<br> of Sodom and Gomorrah flee, and fall there, and those left have fled to the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bitumen.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/pit.htm"><span class="l">Pit (110 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Psalm 30:3). It is used as a figure for mischief (Psalm 9:15), and is the name given<br> to the unseen place of woe (Revelation 20:1, 3). The slime-<b>pits</b> in the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/pit.htm - 41k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/pi-beseth.htm"><span class="l">Pi-beseth (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> sacred to Basht, were mummified at other places in Egypt, but at Pibeseth they were<br> burned and the ashes and bones gathered and buried in great <b>pits</b> lined with <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/pi-beseth.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/pibeseth.htm"><span class="l">Pibeseth (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> sacred to Basht, were mummified at other places in Egypt, but at Pibeseth they were<br> burned and the ashes and bones gathered and buried in great <b>pits</b> lined with <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/pibeseth.htm - 8k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Chedorlaomer-Kedorlaomer.html">Who was Chedorlaomer / Kedorlaomer? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/what-is-tartarus.html">What is Tartarus? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bel-and-the-Dragon.html">What is Bel and the Dragon? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Pits (13 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_peter/2-4.htm">2 Peter 2:4</a></span><br />For if God didn't spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to <span class="boldtext">pits</span> of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/14-10.htm">Genesis 14:10</a></span><br />Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar <span class="boldtext">pits</span>; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and those who remained fled to the hills.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/37-20.htm">Genesis 37:20</a></span><br />Come now therefore, and let's kill him, and cast him into one of the <span class="boldtext">pits</span>, and we will say,'An evil animal has devoured him.' We will see what will become of his dreams."<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-6.htm">1 Samuel 13:6</a></span><br />When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in <span class="boldtext">pits</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/17-9.htm">2 Samuel 17:9</a></span><br />lo, now, he is hidden in one of the <span class="boldtext">pits</span>, or in one of the places, and it hath been, at the falling among them at the commencement, that the hearer hath heard, and said, There hath been a slaughter among the people who 'are' after Absalom;<br /><span class="source">(YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/119-85.htm">Psalms 119:85</a></span><br />The proud have dug <span class="boldtext">pits</span> for me, contrary to your law.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/140-10.htm">Psalms 140:10</a></span><br />Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry <span class="boldtext">pits</span>, from where they never rise.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/42-22.htm">Isaiah 42:22</a></span><br />But this is a people whose property has been taken away from them by force; they are all taken in holes, and shut up in prisons: they are made prisoners, and no one makes them free; they are taken by force and no one says, Give them back.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-6.htm">Jeremiah 2:6</a></span><br />Neither said they, Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of <span class="boldtext">pits</span>, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man lived?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Jeremiah 14:3</a></span><br />And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the <span class="boldtext">pits</span>, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/4-5.htm">Lamentations 4:5</a></span><br />Those who did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/4-20.htm">Lamentations 4:20</a></span><br />The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, was taken in their <span class="boldtext">pits</span>; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zephaniah/2-9.htm">Zephaniah 2:9</a></span><br />Therefore as I live, says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt <span class="boldtext">pits</span>, and a perpetual desolation. 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