abussos denotes a place entered, ascended from, or secured with a key and seal in Scripture.

The occurrences consistently portray a place: beings may be commanded to enter it or thrown into it, figures and smoke may ascend from it, and it may have a key, a shaft, and a seal. Romans 10:7 likewise frames it as the destination of a descent connected in the verse with bringing Christ up from the dead.

1. A place of descent, ascent, and confinement · dominant

   The accusative form marks the destination in Luke 8:31, where the APB renders beings begging not to be commanded to go “into the abyss,” and in Revelation 20:3, where someone is thrown into it and it is shut and sealed. The genitive form occurs with ascent and access: Revelation 11:7 and Revelation 17:8 describe a wild animal ascending from it, while Revelation 20:1 and Revelation 9:1 associate it with a key; Romans 10:7 places it at the end of a descent.

   Luke 8:31Revelation 11:7Revelation 17:8Revelation 20:1Revelation 20:3Romans 10:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently uses “abyss” in the supplied verses, including expressions such as “shaft of the abyss” and “angel of the abyss.” These phrases show the verse-level presentation rather than a precise token-by-token rendering.