Strong's #4693: spelaion (pronounced spay'-lah-yon)
neuter of a presumed derivative of speos (a grotto); a cavern; by implication, a hiding-place or resort:--cave, den.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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spēlaion
1) a cave, den
Part of Speech: noun neuter
Relation: from a presumed derivative of speos (a grotto)
Usage:
This word is used 6 times:
Matthew 21:13: "ye have made it a den of thieves."
Mark 11:17: "ye have made it a den of thieves."
Luke 19:46: "ye have made it a den of thieves."
John 11:38: "grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon"
Hebrews 11:38: "and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth."
Revelation 6:15: "themselves in the dens and in the rocks"