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βυθός
buthos
G1037
G:N-M Greek

the deep

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buthos denotes the deep where the speaker says he spent a night and a day after shipwreck.

The attested use places the speaker in the deep during the night and day described after repeated shipwrecks.

Senses in use

  1. The deep as the setting after shipwreck · dominant

    In 2 Corinthians 11:25, the dative singular masculine form occurs in the clause describing a night and a day spent there after the speaker recounts being shipwrecked three times. The APB renders the clause, "a night and a day I have spent in the deep."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Corinthians 11:25, the APB presents the term in the clause "I have spent in the deep." This rendering confirms the clause's setting without establishing finer nuance.

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