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Lexicon :: Strong's H7585 - šᵊ'ôl

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שְׁאוֹל
Transliteration
šᵊ'ôl
Pronunciation
sheh-ole'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2303c

Strong’s Definitions

שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl, sheh-ole'; or שְׁאֹל shᵉʼôl; from H7592; hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates:—grave, hell, pit.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x

The KJV translates Strong's H7585 in the following manner: grave (31x), hell (31x), pit (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x
The KJV translates Strong's H7585 in the following manner: grave (31x), hell (31x), pit (3x).
  1. sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit

    1. the underworld

    2. Sheol - the OT designation for the abode of the dead

      1. place of no return

      2. without praise of God

      3. wicked sent there for punishment

      4. righteous not abandoned to it

      5. of the place of exile (fig)

      6. of extreme degradation in sin

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl, sheh-ole'; or שְׁאֹל shᵉʼôl; from H7592; hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates:—grave, hell, pit.
STRONGS H7585: Abbreviations
שְׁאוֺל, שְׁאֹל noun femininePsalm 86:13 (apparently masculine Job 26:6 compare Isaiah 14:9, see AlbrZAW xvi(1896), 51) She’ôl, underworld (√ dubious; שׁאל, i.e. palce of inquiry (reference to necromancy) JastrAmos. Jsem. Lang. xiv. 170. cf JBL xix (1900), 88 ff. (JeremiasLebenn. d. Tode 109 'Ort der Entscheidung'); Thes BöDe Inf. § 158 Di and others compare √ שׁעל, whence שֹׁעַל hallow hand, etc.; שׁ׳ then = hallow place, 'Hölle', hell; other conjectures see HupPsalm 6:6 DeIsaiah 5:14 BeerBibl. Hades in HoltzmannFestgabe, 1902, 15; most now refrain from positive etymology (e.g. Buhl); Old Aramaic שאול, Syriac bdb098201; Assyrian šu-alu is dubious: so reads and interprets DlPa 121, Prol. 47. 145 JastrAmos. J. Semitic Lang. xiv. 165 ff. Ency. Bibs.v.; opposed to by BertinTSBA viii. 269 JenKosmol. 223 ff. ZimKAT 3. 636 and others; see also Muss-ArnoltJBL xi (1892), 169 and references); — always absolute, שְׁאוֺל Deuteronomy 32:22 + 52 times,הָ֯ Genesis 42:38; Psalm 9:18; שְׁאֹל 1 Kings 2:6; Job 17:16, הָ֯ Genesis 37:35 +7 times; + Isaiah 7:11 (so read for שְׁאָ֫לָה Aq Σ Θ Du Che and now most); —
1. the underworld, תַּחְתִּית שׁ׳ Deuteronomy 32:22, מִתַּחַת Isaiah 14:9; מִ֑טָּה מִשּׁ׳ Proverbs 15:24; || מָוֶת Proverbs 5:5; Proverbs 7:27; Songs 8:6; Psalm 89:49; whither men descend at death, Genesis 37:35 (E), Genesis 42:38; Genesis 44:29, 31 (J), 1 Samuel 2:6; 1 Kings 2:6, 9; Job 7:9; Job 21:13; Isaiah 14:11, 15; Psalm 88:4, and Korah and associates go down alive by י׳'s judgment, Numbers 16:30, 33 (J), compare Psalm 55:16; under mountains and sea Job 26:6 (compare Job 26:5), בֶּטֶן שׁ׳ Jonah 2:3 (compare Jonah 2:7); with bars Job 17:16 (si vera lectio: see Greek Version of the LXX Du); שׁ׳ פִּי Psalm 141:7; שַׁעֲרֵי שׁ׳ Isaiah 38:10; personified Isaiah 28:15, 18 (|| מות). as insatiable monster Isaiah 5:14; Habakkuk 2:5; Proverbs 1:12; Proverbs 27:20; Proverbs 30:16; as said (figurative) to have snares, חֶבְלֵי שׁ׳ Psalm 18:6 = 2 Samuel 22:6 compare מְצָרֵי שׁ׳ Psalm 116:3; opposed to (height of) שָׁמַיִם Amos 9:2; Job 11:8; Psalm 139:8 + (opposed to לְמָ֑עְלָה) Isaiah 7:11 (see above); dark, gloomy, without return Job 17:13 (compare Job 17:16; Job 7:9; Job 10:21; Job 16:22; all being alike Job 3:17-19; Job 21:23-26); without work or knowledge or wisdom according to Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6, 10 (compare Job 14:21, and see רְפָאִים below רפה; yet compare Isaiah 14:9f.).
2. condition of righteous and wicked distinguished in שׁ׳ (later than 1 Samuel 28, especially in Wisdom Literature):
a. wicked יָשׁוּבוּ לִשְׁא֑וֺלָה Psalm 9:18, יִדְּמוּ לִשׁ׳ Psalm 31:18; death is their shepherd, without power and honour they waste away Psalm 49:15 (twice in verse); שׁ׳ consumes them as drought water Job 24:19; righteous dread it because no praise or presence of God there (as in temple) Psalm 6:6 (compare Psalm 88:5), Isaiah 38:18; deliverance from it a blessing Psalm 30:4; Psalm 86:13; Proverbs 23:14. In Ezek. שׁ׳ is land below, place of reproach, abode of uncircumcised Ezekiel 31:15, 16, 17; Ezekiel 32:21, 27
b. righteous shall not be abandoned, לשׁ׳ Ezekiel 16:10 (|| שַׁחַת which see; opposed to אִרַח חַיִּים etc., Ezekiel 16:11, compare Ezekiel 17:15), is ransomed from שׁ׳ Ezek 49:16 (compare Ezek 73:23; Ezek 73:25; Isaiah 57:1, 2); compare Job's expectation and desire Job 14:13; Job 17:13 (compare Job 10:21; Job 19:25f.).
3. later distinction of places in שׁ׳ :
a. depths of שׁ׳ for sensualist Proverbs 9:18.
b. וַאֲבַדּוֺן שׁ׳ Proverbs 25:11, see אֲבַדּוֺן. [שַׁחַת and בּוֺר, which see, when || שׁ׳, are usually in bad sense (Psalm 88:4); probably = pit in שׁ׳, > שׁ׳ itself as pit; words at least prepare for local distinctions of post-Biblical Judaism and NT.]
4. שׁ׳ figurative of extreme degradation in sin Isaiah 57:9; as place of exile for Israel Hosea 13:14 (twice in verse) (compare Isaiah 26:19).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

37:35; 37:35; 42:38; 42:38; 44:29; 44:31

Numbers

16:30; 16:33

Deuteronomy

32:22; 32:22

1 Samuel

2:6; 28

2 Samuel

22:6

1 Kings

2:6; 2:6; 2:9

Job

3:17; 3:18; 3:19; 7:9; 7:9; 10:21; 10:21; 11:8; 14:13; 14:21; 16:22; 17:13; 17:13; 17:16; 17:16; 17:16; 19:25; 21:13; 21:23; 21:24; 21:25; 21:26; 24:19; 26:5; 26:6; 26:6

Psalms

6:6; 6:6; 9:18; 9:18; 18:6; 30:4; 31:18; 49:15; 55:16; 86:13; 86:13; 88:4; 88:4; 88:5; 89:49; 116:3; 139:8; 141:7

Proverbs

1:12; 5:5; 7:27; 9:18; 15:24; 23:14; 25:11; 27:20; 30:16

Ecclesiastes

9:5; 9:6; 9:10

Song of Songs

8:6

Isaiah

5:14; 5:14; 7:11; 7:11; 14:9; 14:9; 14:9; 14:11; 14:15; 26:19; 28:15; 28:18; 38:10; 38:18; 57:1; 57:2; 57:9

Ezekiel

16:10; 16:11; 17:15; 31:15; 31:16; 31:17; 32:21; 32:27

Hosea

13:14

Amos

9:2

Jonah

2:3; 2:7

Habakkuk

2:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7585 matches the Hebrew שְׁאוֹל (šᵊ'ôl),
which occurs 66 times in 64 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 37:35–Isa 14:15)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 -

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” And his father wept for him.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 -

But Jacob answered, “My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If anything happens to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:29 -

“If you also take this one from me and anything happens to him, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.’

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:31 -

“when he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hairs of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 -

“But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them along with all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have despised the LORD.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:33 -

They went down alive into Sheol with all that belonged to them. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22 -

“For fire has been kindled because of my anger

and burns to the depths of Sheol;

it devours the land and its produce,

and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:6 -

The LORD brings death and gives life;

he sends some down to Sheol, and he raises others up.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6 -

The ropes of Sheol entangled me;

the snares of death confronted me.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:6 -

“Act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head descend to Sheol in peace.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:9 -

“So don’t let him go unpunished, for you are a wise man. You know how to deal with him to bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:9 -

As a cloud fades away and vanishes,

so the one who goes down to Sheol will never rise again.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:8 -

They are higher than the heavens ​— ​what can you do?

They are deeper than Sheol ​— ​what can you know?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 -

If only you would hide me in Sheol

and conceal me until your anger passes.

If only you would appoint a time for me

and then remember me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:13 -

If I await Sheol as my home,

spread out my bed in darkness,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:16 -

Will it go down to the gates of Sheol,

or will we descend together to the dust?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:13 -

They spend[fn] their days in prosperity

and go down to Sheol in peace.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19 -

As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow,

so Sheol steals those who have sinned.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:6 -

Sheol is naked before God,

and Abaddon has no covering.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:5 -

For there is no remembrance of you in death;

who can thank you in Sheol?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:17 -

The wicked will return to Sheol —

all the nations that forget God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:10 -

For you will not abandon me to Sheol;

you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 -

The ropes of Sheol entangled me;

the snares of death confronted me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:3 -

LORD, you brought me up from Sheol;

you spared me from among those

going down[fn] to the Pit.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:17 -

LORD, do not let me be disgraced when I call on you.

Let the wicked be disgraced;

let them be quiet[fn][fn] in Sheol.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 -

Like sheep they are headed for Sheol;

Death will shepherd them.

The upright will rule over them in the morning,

and their form will waste away in Sheol,[fn]

far from their lofty abode.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:15 -

But God will redeem me

from the power of Sheol,

for he will take me.Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:15 -

Let death take them by surprise;

let them go down to Sheol alive,

because evil is in their homes and within them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:13 -

For your faithful love for me is great,

and you rescue my life from the depths of Sheol.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:3 -

For I have had enough troubles,

and my life is near Sheol.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:48 -

What courageous person can live and never see death?

Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:3 -

The ropes of death were wrapped around me,

and the torments of Sheol overcame me;

I encountered trouble and sorrow.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:8 -

If I go up to heaven, you are there;

if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:7 -

As when one plows and breaks up the soil,

turning up rocks,

so our[fn] bones have been scattered

at the mouth of Sheol.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12 -

“Let’s swallow them alive, like Sheol,

whole, like those who go down to the Pit.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:5 -

Her feet go down to death;

her steps head straight for Sheol.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:27 -

Her house is the road to Sheol,

descending to the chambers of death.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:18 -

But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there,

that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:11 -

Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD — 

how much more, human hearts.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 -

For the prudent the path of life leads upward,

so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:14 -

Punish him with a rod,

and you will rescue his life from Sheol.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:20 -

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,

and people’s eyes are never satisfied.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:16 -

Sheol; a childless womb;

earth, which is never satisfied with water;

and fire, which never says, “Enough! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:10 -

Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 -

Set me as a seal on your heart,

as a seal on your arm.

For love is as strong as death;

jealousy is as unrelenting as Sheol.

Love’s flames are fiery flames —

an almighty flame![fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:14 -

Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat

and opens wide its enormous jaws,

and down go Zion’s dignitaries, her masses,

her crowds, and those who celebrate in her!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:11 -

“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God ​— ​it can be as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:9 -

Sheol below is eager to greet your coming,

stirring up the spirits of the departed for you —

all the rulers[fn] of the earth —

making all the kings of the nations

rise from their thrones.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:11 -

“Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol,

along with the music of your harps.

Maggots are spread out under you,

and worms cover you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:15 -

But you will be brought down to Sheol

into the deepest regions of the Pit.


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