Meaning of “hell”
Hell — derived from the Saxon helan, to cover; hence the covered or the invisible place. In Scripture there are three words so rendered: (1.) Sheol, occurring in the Old Testament sixty-five times. This word sheol is derived from a root-word meaning "to ask," "demand;" hence insatiableness (Prov. 30:15, 16). It is rendered "grave" thirty-one times (Gen. 37:35; 42:38; 44:29, 31; 1 Sam. 2:6, etc.). The Revisers have retained this rendering in the historical books with the original word in the margin, while in the poetical books they have reversed this rule. In thirty-one cases in the Authorized Version this word is rendered "hell," the place of disembodied spirits. The inhabitants of sheol are "the congregation of the dead" (Prov. 21:16). It is (a) the abode of the wicked (Num. 16:33; Job 24:19; Ps. 9:17; 31:17, etc.); (b) of the good (Ps. 16:10; 30:3; 49:15; 86:13, etc.). Sheol is described as deep (Job 11:8), dark (10:21, 22), with bars (17:16). The dead "go down" to it (Num. 16:30, 33; Ezek. 31:15, 16, 17). (2.) The Greek word hades of the New Testament has the same scope of signification as sheol of the Old Testament. It is a prison (1 Pet. 3:19), with gates and bars and locks (Matt. 16:18; Rev. 1:18), and it is downward (Matt. 11:23; Luke 10:15). The righteous and the wicked are separated. The blessed dead are in that part of hades called paradise (Luke 23:43). They are also said to be in Abraham's bosom (Luke 16:22). (3.) Gehenna, in most of its occurrences in the Greek New Testament, designates the place of the lost (Matt. 23:33). The fearful nature of their condition there is described in various figurative expressions (Matt. 8:12; 13:42; 22:13; 25:30; Luke 16:24, etc.). (See HINNOM »T0001790.)
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Bible Search for “hell”
Deuteronomy Chapter 32 Verse 22 — For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. 2 Samuel Chapter 22 Verse 6 — The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; Ezra Chapter 10 Verse 35 — Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh, Job Chapter 11 Verse 8 — It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? Job Chapter 26 Verse 6 — Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. Psalms Chapter 9 Verse 17 — The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. Psalms Chapter 16 Verse 10 — For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Psalms Chapter 18 Verse 5 — The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. Psalms Chapter 55 Verse 15 — Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. Psalms Chapter 86 Verse 13 — For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. Psalms Chapter 116 Verse 3 — The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Psalms Chapter 139 Verse 8 — If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. Proverbs Chapter 5 Verse 5 — Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. Proverbs Chapter 7 Verse 27 — Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. Proverbs Chapter 9 Verse 18 — But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. Proverbs Chapter 15 Verse 24 — The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. Proverbs Chapter 15 Verse 11 — Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men? Proverbs Chapter 23 Verse 14 — Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. Proverbs Chapter 27 Verse 20 — Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. Isaiah Chapter 5 Verse 14 — Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. Isaiah Chapter 14 Verse 15 — Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. Isaiah Chapter 14 Verse 9 — Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. Isaiah Chapter 28 Verse 18 — And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. Isaiah Chapter 28 Verse 15 — Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: Isaiah Chapter 57 Verse 9 — And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell. Ezekiel Chapter 31 Verse 17 — They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen. Ezekiel Chapter 31 Verse 16 — I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. Ezekiel Chapter 32 Verse 27 — And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. Ezekiel Chapter 32 Verse 21 — The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. Amos Chapter 9 Verse 2 — Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: Jonah Chapter 2 Verse 2 — And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. Habakkuk Chapter 2 Verse 5 — Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: Matthew Chapter 5 Verse 30 — And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. Matthew Chapter 5 Verse 29 — And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. Matthew Chapter 5 Verse 22 — But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Matthew Chapter 10 Verse 28 — And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew Chapter 11 Verse 23 — And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. Matthew Chapter 16 Verse 18 — And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Matthew Chapter 18 Verse 9 — And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. Matthew Chapter 23 Verse 33 — Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Matthew Chapter 23 Verse 15 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. Mark Chapter 9 Verse 47 — And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: Mark Chapter 9 Verse 45 — And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Mark Chapter 9 Verse 43 — And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Luke Chapter 10 Verse 15 — And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. Luke Chapter 12 Verse 5 — But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. Luke Chapter 16 Verse 23 — And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. Acts Chapter 2 Verse 31 — He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. Acts Chapter 2 Verse 27 — Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. James Chapter 3 Verse 6 — And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
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