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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 (Proverbs 30:15,16) It is rendered "grave" thirty-one times (Genesis 37:35; 42:38; 44:29,31; 1 Samuel 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" (Proverbs 21:16) It is: a. the abode of the wicked (Numbers 16:33; Job 24:19; Psalms 9:17; 31:17) etc.; b. of the good (Psalms 16:10; 30:3; 49:15; 86:13) etc. Sheol is described as: a. deep (Job 11:8) b. dark (Job 10:21,22) c. with bars (Job 17:16) d. The dead "go down" to it (Numbers 16:30,33; Ezekiel 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 Peter 3:19) with gates and bars and locks (Matthew 16:18; Revelation 1:18) and it is downward (Matthew 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 (Matthew 23:33) The fearful nature of their condition there is described in various figurative expressions (Matthew 8:12; 13:42; 22:13; 25:30; Luke 16:24) etc.

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