Pit

1. a hole in the ground (Ex. 21:33, 34)

2. a cistern for water (Gen. 37:24; Jer. 14:3)

3. a vault (41:9)

4. a grave (Ps. 30:3)

5. It is used as a figure for mischief (Ps. 9:15).

6. It is the name given to the unseen place of woe (Rev. 20:1, 3).

7. The slime-pits in the vale of Siddim were wells which yielded asphalt (Gen. 14:10).