| Lexical Summary spēlaion: a caveOriginal Word: σπήλαιον Transliteration: spēlaion Phonetic Spelling: (spay'-lah-yon) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a cave Meaning: a cave Strong's Concordancecave, den. Neuter of a presumed derivative of speos (a grotto); a cavern; by implication, a hiding-place or resort -- cave, den. Thayer's Greek LexiconSTRONGS NT 4693: σπήλαιον σπήλαιον, σπηλαίου, τό (σπέος (cavern; cf. Curtius, § 111)), a cave (den): Matthew 21:13; Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46; John 11:38; Hebrews 11:38; Revelation 6:15. (Plato, Plutarch, Lucian, Aelian, others; the Sept. for מְעָרָה.) | 



