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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 70 times in 67 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 37:35–Isa 5:14)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 - But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:29 - If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs in evil to Sheol.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:31 - as soon as he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - But if the LORD creates something new, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:33 - So they and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol, and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22 - For a fire is kindled by my anger,
and it burns to the depths of Sheol,
devours the earth and its increase,
and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:6 - The LORD kills and brings to life;
he brings down to Sheol and raises up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:6 - Act therefore according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:9 - Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:9 - As the cloud fades and vanishes,
so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:8 - It is higher than heaven[fn]—what can you do?
Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 - Oh that you would hide me in Sheol,
that you would conceal me until your wrath be past,
that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:13 - If I hope for Sheol as my house,
if I make my bed in darkness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:16 - Will it go down to the bars of Sheol?
Shall we descend together into the dust?”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:13 - They spend their days in prosperity,
and in peace they go down to Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:6 - Sheol is naked before God,[fn]
and Abaddon has no covering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:22 - His soul draws near the pit,
and his life to those who bring death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:17 - Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:5 - For in death there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who will give you praise?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:17 - The wicked shall return to Sheol,
all the nations that forget God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:10 - For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
or let your holy one see corruption.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 - the cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:3 - O LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol;
you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:17 - O LORD, let me not be put to shame,
for I call upon you;
let the wicked be put to shame;
let them go silently to Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 - Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
death shall be their shepherd,
and the upright shall rule over them in the morning.
Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:15 - But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
for he will receive me. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:15 - Let death steal over them;
let them go down to Sheol alive;
for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:13 - For great is your steadfast love toward me;
you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:3 - For my soul is full of troubles,
and my life draws near to Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:48 - What man can live and never see death?
Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:17 - If the LORD had not been my help,
my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 115:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:17 - The dead do not praise the LORD,
nor do any who go down into silence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:3 - The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:8 - If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:7 - As when one plows and breaks up the earth,
so shall our bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12 - like Sheol let us swallow them alive,
and whole, like those who go down to the pit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:18 - for her house sinks down to death,
and her paths to the departed;[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:5 - Her feet go down to death;
her steps follow the path to[fn] Sheol;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:27 - Her house is the way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:18 - But he does not know that the dead[fn] are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:12 - There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:11 - Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD;
how much more the hearts of the children of man!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 - The path of life leads upward for the prudent,
that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:25 - There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:20 - Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
and never satisfied are the eyes of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:16 - Sheol, the barren womb,
the land never satisfied with water,
and the fire that never says, “Enough.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:10 - Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might,[fn] for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 - Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as a seal upon your arm,
for love is strong as death,
jealousy[fn] is fierce as the grave.[fn]
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
the very flame of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:14 - Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite
and opened its mouth beyond measure,
and the nobility of Jerusalem[fn] and her multitude will go down,
her revelers and he who exults in her.

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