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Lexicon :: Strong's G86 - hadēs

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ᾅδης
Transliteration
hadēs (Key)
Pronunciation
hah'-dace
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as negative particle) and εἴδω (G1492)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:146,22

Strong’s Definitions

†ᾅδης háidēs, hah'-dace; from G1 (as negative particle) and G1492; properly, unseen, i.e. "Hades" or the place (state) of departed souls:—grave, hell.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G86 in the following manner: hell (10x), grave (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G86 in the following manner: hell (10x), grave (1x).

  1. name Hades or Pluto, the god of the lower regions

  2. Orcus, the nether world, the realm of the dead

  3. later use of this word: the grave, death, hell

    In Biblical Greek it is associated with Orcus, the infernal regions, a dark and dismal place in the very depths of the earth, the common receptacle of disembodied spirits. Usually Hades is just the abode of the wicked, Luk 16:23, Rev 20:13, 14; a very uncomfortable place. (TDNT)
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ᾅδης háidēs, hah'-dace; from G1 (as negative particle) and G1492; properly, unseen, i.e. "Hades" or the place (state) of departed souls:—grave, hell.
STRONGS G86:
Ἅιδης, ᾅδης, -ου, ὁ, (for the older Ἀΐδης, which Homer uses, and this from α privative and ἰδεῖν, not to be seen [cf. Lob. Path. Element. 2:6f]); in the classics
1. a proper name, Hades, Pluto, the god of the lower regions; so in Homer always.
2. an appellative, Orcus, the nether world, the realm of the dead [cf. Theocritus, idyll. 2,159 schol. τὴν τοῦ ᾅδου κρούει πύλην· τοῦτ’ ἔστιν ἀποθανεῖται.
In the Sept. the Hebrew שְׁאול is almost always rendered by this word (once by θάνατος, 2 Samuel 22:6); it denotes, therefore, in Biblical Greek Orcus, the infernal regions, a dark (Job 10:21) and dismal place (but cf. γέεννα and παράδεισος) in the very depths of the earth (Job 11:8; Isaiah 57:9; Amos 9:2, etc.; see ἄβυσσος), the common receptacle of disembodied spirits: Luke 16:23; εἰς ᾅδου namely, δόμον, Acts 2:27, 31, according to a very common ellipsis, cf. Winers Grammar, 592 (550) [Buttmann, 171 (149)]; (but L T Tr WH in Acts 2:27 and T WH in both verses read εἰς ᾅδην; so the Sept. Psalm 15:10 (Ps. 16:10)); πύλαι ᾅδου, Matthew 16:18 (πυλωροὶ ᾅδου, Job 38:17; see πύλη); κλεῖς τοῦ ᾅδου, Revelation 1:18; Hades as a power is personified, 1 Corinthians 15:55 (where L T Tr WH read θάνατε for R G ᾅδη [cf. Acts 2:24 Tr marginal reading]); Revelation 6:8; Revelation 20:13f. Metaphorically, ἕως ᾅδου [καταβαίνειν or] καταβιβάζεσθαι to [go or] be thrust down into the depth of misery and disgrace: Matthew 11:23 [here L Tr WH καταβαίνειν]; Luke 10:15 [here Tr marginal reading WH text καταβαίνειν]. [See especially Boettcher, De Inferis, under the word Ἅιδης in Greek index. On the existence and locality of Hades cf. Greswell on the Parables, Appendix, chapter x, vol. v, part ii, pp. 261-406; on the doctrinal significance of the word see the BB. DD. and E. R. Craven in Lange on Revelation, pp. 364-377.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
22:6
Job
10:21; 11:8; 38:17
Psalms
16:10
Isaiah
57:9
Amos
9:2
Matthew
11:23; 16:18
Luke
10:15; 16:23
Acts
2:24; 2:27; 2:27; 2:31
1 Corinthians
15:55
Revelation
1:18; 6:8; 20:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G86 matches the Greek ᾅδης (hadēs),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:23 - And *thou*, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades. For if the works of power which have taken place in thee, had taken place in Sodom, it had remained until this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:18 - And *I* also, I say unto thee that *thou* art Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and hades' gates shall not prevail against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:15 - And *thou*, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:23 - And in hades lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:27 - for thou wilt not leave my soul in hades, nor wilt thou give thy gracious one to see corruption.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:31 - he, seeing it before, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that neither has he been left in hades nor his flesh seen corruption.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:55

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:55 - Where, O death, is thy sting? where, O death, thy victory?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:18 - and the living one: and I became dead, and behold, I am living to the ages of ages, and have the keys of death and of hades.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:8 - And I saw: and behold, a pale horse, and he that sat upon it, his name was Death, and hades followed with him; and authority was given to him over the fourth of the earth to slay with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and by the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:13 - And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged each according to their works:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:14 - and death and hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, even the lake of fire.
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