πυθμήν
bottom, base
Where this word appears
Every passage where πυθμήν appears in the Greek Septuagint — 6 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 40:10 πυθμήν And in the vine were three stems; and it budding shot forth blossoms; the clusters of grapes were ripe.
- Genesis 40:12 πυθμήν And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it. The three stems are three days.
- Genesis 41:5 πυθμήν And he dreamed again. And, behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, choice and good.
- Genesis 41:22 πυθμήν and saw again in my sleep, and as it were seven ears came up on one stem, full and good.
- Proverbs 14:12 πυθμήν There is a way which seems to be right with men, but the ends of it reach to the depths of hell.
- Proverbs 16:21 πυθμήν Men call the wise and understanding evil: but they that are pleasing in speech shall hear more.
About this word
About this word
πυθμήν (pythmḗn), “bottom, base,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 6 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →
