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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

H7585

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

Page 2 / 2 (Isa 28:15–Hab 2:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15 - Because H3588 you have said, H559 “We have made H3772 a covenant H1285 with death, H4194
And with [fn]Sheol H7585 we have made H6213 a [fn]pact. H2374
The overwhelming H7857 [fn]scourge H7752 will not reach H935 us when H3588 it passes H5674 by,
For we have made H7760 falsehood H3577 our refuge H4268 and we have concealed H5641 ourselves with deception.” H8267

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:18 - “Your covenant H1285 with death H4194 will be [fn]canceled, H3722
And your pact H2380 with Sheol H7585 will not stand; H6965
When H3588 the overwhelming H7857 scourge H7752 passes H5674 through, H5674
Then you become H1961 its trampling H4823 place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:10 - I said, H559 “In the middle H1824 of my [fn]life H3117
I am to enter H1980 the gates H8179 of Sheol; H7585
I am to be deprived H6485 of the rest H3499 of my years.” H8141

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:18 - “For Sheol H7585 cannot H3808 thank H3034 You,
Death H4194 cannot praise H1984 You;
Those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953 cannot H3808 hope H7663 for Your faithfulness. H571

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:9 - “You have journeyed H7788 to the king H4428 with oil H8081
And increased H7235 your perfumes; H7547
You have sent H7971 your envoys H6735 a great distance H7350
And made them go H8213 down H8213 to [fn]Sheol. H7585

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068 “On the day H3117 when it went H3381 down H3381 to Sheol H7585 I caused H56 lamentations; H56 I closed H3680 the [fn]deep H8415 over H5921 it and held H4513 back H4513 its rivers. H5104 And its many H7227 waters H4325 were stopped H3607 up, and I made Lebanon H3844 [fn]mourn H6937 for it, and all H3605 the trees H6086 of the field H7704 wilted H5968 away H5968 on account H5921 of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16 - “I made the nations H1471 quake H7493 at the sound H6963 of its fall H4658 when I made it go H3381 down H3381 to Sheol H7585 with those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit; H953 and all H3605 the [fn]well-watered H8354 trees H6086 of Eden, H5731 the choicest H4005 and best H2896 of Lebanon, H3844 were comforted H5162 in the earth H776 beneath. H8482

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:17 - “They also H1571 went H3381 down H3381 with it to Sheol H7585 to those who were slain H2491 by the sword; H2719 and those who were its [fn]strength H2220 lived H3427 under its shade H6738 among H8432 the nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:21 - “The strong H410 among the mighty H1368 ones H1368 shall speak H1696 of him and his helpers H1368 from the midst H8432 of Sheol, H7585 ‘They have gone H3381 down, H3381 they lie H7901 still, H7901 the uncircumcised, H6189 slain H2491 by the sword.’ H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:27 - “Nor H3808 do they lie H7901 beside H854 the fallen H5307 [fn]heroes H1368 of the uncircumcised, H6189 who H834 went H3381 down H3381 to Sheol H7585 with their weapons H3627 of war H4421 and whose swords H2719 were laid H5414 under H8478 their heads; H7218 but the punishment H5771 for their iniquity H5771 rested H1961 on their bones, H6106 though H3588 the terror H2851 of these [fn]heroes H1368 was once in the land H776 of the living. H2416

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:14 - Shall I ransom H6299 them from the [fn]power H3027 of Sheol? H7585
Shall I redeem H1350 them from death? H4194
O Death, H4194 where H165 are your thorns? H1698
O Sheol, H7585 where H165 is your sting? H6986
Compassion H5164 will be hidden H5641 from My sight. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:2 - “Though H518 they dig H2864 into Sheol, H7585
From there H8033 will My hand H3027 take H3947 them;
And though H518 they ascend H5927 to heaven, H8064
From there H8033 will I bring H3381 them down. H3381

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:2 - and he said, H559
“I called H7121 out of my distress H6869 to the LORD, H3068
And He answered H6030 me.
I cried H7768 for help H7768 from the [fn]depth H990 of Sheol; H7585
You heard H8085 my voice. H6963

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:5 - “Furthermore, H637 wine H3196 betrays H898 the haughty H3093 man, H1397
So that he does not stay H5115 at home. H5115
He enlarges H7337 his appetite H5315 like Sheol, H7585
And he is like death, H4194 never H3808 satisfied. H7646
He also gathers H622 to himself all H3605 nations H1471
And collects H622 to himself all H3605 peoples. H5971

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