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Hell in the Bible Dictionary

  1. (In the A. V. this word occurs in O. T. Scriptures, cited below, and is the translation of the Hebrew word “sheol,” which signifies the unseen state)
  2. In the R. V. of O. T. it appears only in Isa 5:14; 14:9, 15; 28:15, 18; 57:9; Ezek 31:16, 17; 32:21, 27; Amos 9:2; Jonah 2:2; Hab 2:5
  3. In the R. V., “sheol” is translated “lowest pit” Deut 32:22; Ps 86:13
  4. And it is translated “pit” in Ps 55:15
  5. In the R. V. the word “Sheol” itself occurs in the following scriptures 2 Sam 22:6; Job 11:8; 26:6; Ps 9:17; 16:10; 18:5; 116:3; 139:8; Prov 5:5; 7:27; 9:18; 15:11, 24; 23:14; 27:20
  6. “Sheol” is translated “grave” in A. V. in Gen 37:35; 42:38; 44:29, 31; 1 Sam 2:6; 1 Kgs 2:6; 9; Job 7:9; 14:13; 17:13; 21:13; 24:19; Ps 6:5; 30:3; 31:17; 49:14, 15; 88:3; 89:48; 141:7; Prov 1:12; 30:16; Eccl 9:10; Song 8:6; Hos 13:14
  7. In the R. V. the Greek word “gehenna” is translated “hell” in the following scriptures Matt 5:22, 29, 30; 10:28; 18:9; 23:15, 33; Mark 9:43, 45, 47; Luke 12:5; Jas 3:6
  8. The R. V. has introduced “Hades,” the word found in the Greek text, which signifies the unseen world, in the following scriptures Matt 11:23; 16:18; Luke 10:15; 16:23; Acts 2:27, 31; Rev 1:18; 6:8; 20:13, 14
  9. The future home of the wicked Ps 9:17; Prov 5:5; 9:13, 15–18; 15:24; 23:13, 14; Isa 30:33; 33:14; Matt 3:12; 5:29, 30; 7:13, 14; 8:11, 12; 10:28; 13:30, 38–42, 49, 50; 16:18; 18:8, 9, 34, 35; 22:13; 25:28–30, 41, 46; Mark 9:43–48; Luke 3:17; 16:23–26, 28; Acts 1:25; 2 Thess 1:9; 2 Pet 2:4; Jude 1:6–23; Rev 2:11; 9:1, 2; 11:7; 14:10, 11; 19:20; 20:10, 15; 21:8
  10. See Wicked, punishment of

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.