- Original: φρέαρ - Transliteration: Phrear - Phonetic: freh'-ar - Definition: 1. a well 2. the pit of the abyss (because the nether world is thought to increase in size the further it extends from the surface of the earth and so resemble a cistern, the orifice of which is narrow) - Origin: of uncertain derivation - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: Of uncertain derivation; a hole in the ground (dug for obtaining or holding water or other purposes) that is a cistern or well; figuratively an abyss (as a prison): - well pit. Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • pit, 4 Revelation 9:1; Revelation 9:2(3) • well, 2 Joh 4:11; Joh 4:12