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As kindly pointed out early in the thread, there are three words that are sometimes translated as 'hell'.
I was wondering if we could have a quick look at those words and when they were used [as in the passage and context] and from there we might see things we have not yet seen? Might not, too!
We might also see better the answer to the question of, Do or will people go to Hell? If we perhaps eliminate any that are not referring to people being sent there or ending up there, we will be better placed to see if people do or not. according to Scripture.
Also, what reference is there to Hell in the Scripture of the Old Testament? Usually we benefit if we can see the Old in the New
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Just for the record in a search we have the following to refer to regarding these three words,
Hades, Lake of Fire and Gehenna (Hell)
I have referred to KJV & NIV for the first two words and KJV for Gehenna - Hell in the OT.
Hades - NT - NIV
- Matthew 11:23
- Matthew 16:18
- Luke 10:15
- Luke 16:23
- Rev 1:18
- Rev 6:8
- Rev 20:13
- Rev 20:14
* Although these are not in the KJV, they are in the NKJV
Lake of Fire - NT - KJV
- Rev 19:20
- Rev 20:10
- Rev 20:14
- Rev 20:15
Lake of Fire - NT - NIV
- Rev 20:14
- Rev 20:15
Gehenna - meaning Hell
Defined as - A place or state of torment or suffering where lost/condemned souls go.
2 Kings 23:8-10 (KJV)
8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that
were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which
were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.
9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.
10
And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
KJV - There are 31 references to Hell in the OT and 23 in the NT
Every word 'Hell' used in the OT has the same Strong's number and meaning
Hebrew Strong's Number: 7585
Hebrew Word: שְׁאוֹל
Transliteration: sheʾôl
Phonetic Pronunciation:sheh-ole'
Hebrew Word: שְׁאֹל
Transliteration: sheʾôl
Phonetic Pronunciation: sheh-ole'
Root: from
<H7592>
Vine's Words: Ask (To),
Sheol
English Words used in KJV:
grave 31
hell 31
pit 3
[Total Count: 65]
or
she'ol, sheh-ole'; from
<H7592> (sha'al);
hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean
retreat), including its accessories and inmates :-
grave, hell, pit.
Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary.
KJV for Gehenna - Hell in the NT.
Hell is used 23 times in the NT - but uses 3 Greek words
Greek Strong's Number: 86 is used 9 times
Greek Strong's Number: 1067 is used 13 times
Greek Strong's Number: 5020 is used 1 time - 2 Peter 2:4 - Peter goes further and deeper!
The correct meaning of these translated words are as follows...
Greek Strong's Number: 86
Greek Word: ᾅδης
Transliteration: hadēs
Phonetic Pronunciation:hah'-dace
Root: from
<G1> (as negative particle) and
<G1492>
Vine's Words: Hades
English Words used in KJV:
hell 10
grave 1
[Total Count: 11]
from
<G1> (a) (as a negative particle) and
<G1492> (eido); properly
unseen, i.e. “
Hades” or the place (state) of departed souls :- grave, hell.
Greek Strong's Number: 1067
Greek Word: γέεννα
Transliteration: geenna
Phonetic Pronunciation:gheh'-en-nah
Root: of Hebrew origin ,
<H1516> and
<H2011>
Vine's Words: Hell
English Words used in KJV:
hell 9
hell fire +
<G3588> +
<G4442> 3
[Total Count: 12]
of Hebrew origin [
<H1516> (gay') and
<H2011> (Hinnom)];
valley of (the son of) Hinnom; gehenna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figurative) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment :- hell.
Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary.
I hilighted gay because it stood out as I added these translations!
Greek Strong's Number: 5020 (Just the one reference)
Greek Word: ταρταρόω
Transliteration: tartaroō
Phonetic Pronunciation:tar-tar-o'-o
Root: from
Tartaros (the deepest abyss of Hell)
Vine's Words: None
English Words used in KJV:
cast down to hell 1
[Total Count: 1]
from Tartaros (the deepest abyss of Hades); to incarcerate in eternal torment :- cast down to hell.
Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary.