PIT
A reservoir, either natural or artificial, for water. Pits were sometimes used as dungeons, Genesis 37:20; Jeremiah 38:6; or being slightly covered, and baited, they served as traps to catch wild beasts, a device which illustrates the plots of designing men and women, Psalms 119:85; Proverbs 22:14; Proverbs 1:26; Ezekiel 19:4. The word pit is also used to denote the grave, Psalms 28:1; Psalms 1:30, Psalms 1:30; and hell, Revelation 20:1.