What is a Pit

What is a Pit Prophet in Training   rwb, Bowr, bore     , pit, well, cistern , pit 42, cistern 4, dungeon 11, well 9, dungeon + (01004) 2, fountain 1 Easton's Bible Dictionary Pit [N] [B] [S] a hole in the ground (Exodus 21:33,34), a cistern for water (Genesis 37:24; Jeremiah 14:3), a vault (41:9), a grave (Psalms 30:3). It is used as a figure for mischief (Psalms 9:15), and is the name given to the unseen place of woe (Revelation 20:1,3). The slime-pits in the vale of Siddim were wells which yielded asphalt (Genesis 14:10). Easton's Bible Dictionary Cistern [N] [S] the rendering of a Hebrew word bor , which means a receptacle for water conveyed to it; distinguished from beer , which denotes a place where water rises on the spot (Jeremiah 2:13; Proverbs 5:15; Isaiah 36:16), a fountain. Cisterns are frequently mentioned in Scripture. The scarcity of springs in Palestine made it necessary to collect rain-water in reservoirs and cisterns (Numbers 21:22). (See WELL .) Empty cisterns were sometimes used as prisons (Jeremiah 38:6; Lamentations 3:53; Psalms 40:2; 69:15). The "pit" into which Joseph was cast (Genesis 37:24) was a beer or dry well. There are numerous remains of ancient cisterns in all parts of Palestine.   And they took Joseph, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.