Words the Bible translates as hell
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- Hadēsᾍδηςthe realm of the dead: where everyone goes when they die, pictured as a temporary holding place until the resurrection
- she'olשְׁאוֹלthe realm of the dead: the dark world beneath the earth where everyone who dies goes down.
- shaḥatשַׁחַתa pit: a deep hole dug in the ground, and by extension the grave, or the ruin that swallows the dying
- geennaγέενναGehenna: the place of final, fiery divine judgment on the wicked
- tartaroōταρταρόωhell: Tartarusnot studied yet
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