Pit.
There are several Hebrew words translated 'pit.' The principal are:
1. sheol, 'the grave, hades, hell.' Numbers 16:30, Numbers 1:16; Job 17:16.
2. shachath, 'a pit, a pitfall to entrap animals,' place of doom and corruption. Job 33:18, Job 1:33, Job 1:33, Job 1:33; Psalms 9:15; Psalms 30:9; Psalms 35:7; Ezekiel 28:8; etc.
3. bor, beer, 'pit or well dug for water,' but which could be used for a dungeon. Genesis 37:20-29; Psalms 28:1; Psalms 40:2; Psalms 88:4, Psalms 1:88; Ezekiel 26:20; Zechariah 9:11; etc. See BOTTOMLESS PIT.