σπήλαιον spḗlaion

Greek · Strong's G4693 · used 6 times in 6 verses

Meaning

a cavern; by implication, a hiding-place or resort

In the King James Version: cave, den

Derivation: neuter of a presumed derivative of (a grotto);

Matthew 21:13 And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Mark 11:17 Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Luke 19:46 He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
John 11:38 Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
Hebrews 11:38 The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
Revelation 6:15 Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.