Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H7585
שְׁאוֹל
she.ol · “hell: Sheol”
Used 66 times across 17 books
Definition
Sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit
1a) the underworld
1b) Sheol-the OT designation for the abode of the dead
1b1) place of no return
1b2) without praise of God
1b3) wicked sent there for punishment
1b4) righteous not abandoned to it
1b5) of the place of exile (fig)
1b6) of extreme degradation in sin
1a) the underworld
1b) Sheol-the OT designation for the abode of the dead
1b1) place of no return
1b2) without praise of God
1b3) wicked sent there for punishment
1b4) righteous not abandoned to it
1b5) of the place of exile (fig)
1b6) of extreme degradation in sin
Where it appears
Genesis4
Numbers2
Deuteronomy1
1 Samuel1
2 Samuel1
1 Kings2
Job8
Psalms16
Proverbs9
Ecclesiastes1
Song of Solomon1
Isaiah10
Ezekiel5
Hosea2
Amos1
Jonah1
Habakkuk1
In the text
Genesis 37:35And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.Genesis 42:38And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.Genesis 44:29And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.Genesis 44:31It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.Numbers 16:30But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.Numbers 16:33They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.Deuteronomy 32:22For 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.1 Samuel 2:6The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.2 Samuel 22:6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;1 Kings 2:6Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
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