Bothunos denotes the place into which a sheep or blind guides and those they lead fall.

The attested use consistently names a place into which someone or something falls: a sheep in Matthew 12:11 and paired blind persons in Luke 6:39 and Matthew 15:14.

1. Place into which someone or something falls · dominant

   In Matthew 12:11, the accusative singular masculine form occurs where a sheep falls and is lifted out; in Luke 6:39 and Matthew 15:14, it is the destination into which blind persons fall when one blind person guides another. In each clause, the APB renders the destination as "a pit."

   Luke 6:39Matthew 12:11Matthew 15:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Luke 6:39, Matthew 12:11, and Matthew 15:14, the APB presents the destination as "a pit." This rendering is confirmed by the surrounding falling clauses rather than treated as a precise lexical equation.