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ἄβυσσος:

(1) bottomless

(2) unbounded

(3) the abyss

(a) the pit

(b) the immeasurable depth

(c) of Orcus, a very deep gulf or chasm in the lowest parts of the earth used as the common receptacle of the dead and especially as the abode of demons

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Latin: abyssus

Syriac: ܬܗܘܡܐ

και παρεκαλουν αυτον ινα μη επιταξη αυτοις εις την αβυσσον απελθειν

KJV And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

NIV And they begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.

Vulgate: et rogabant illum ne imperaret illis ut in abyssum irent

Peshitta: ܘܒ݂ܳܥܶܝܢ ܗ݈ܘܰܘ ܡܶܢܶܗ ܕ݁ܠܳܐ ܢܶܦ݂ܩܽܘܕ݂ ܠܗܽܘܢ ܠܡܺܐܙܰܠ ܠܰܬ݂ܗܽܘܡܳܐ

ובעין הוו מנה דלא נפקוד להון למאזל לתהומא

η τις καταβησεται εις την αβυσσον τουτ εστιν χριστον εκ νεκρων αναγαγειν

KJV Or, Who shall descend into the deep?… Learn Koine Greek