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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 1 / 2 (Gen 37:35–Isa 14:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - All his sons and daughters stood by him to console him, but he refused to be consoled. "No," he said, "I will go to the grave mourning my son." So Joseph's father wept for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 - But Jacob replied, "My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair in sorrow to the grave."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:29 - If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:31 - When he sees the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - But if the LORD does something entirely new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up along with all that they have, and they go down alive to the grave, then you will know that these men have despised the LORD!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:33 - They and all that they had went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed over them. So they perished from among the community.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22 - For a fire has been kindled by my anger, and it burns to lowest Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and ignites the foundations of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6 - The ropes of Sheol tightened around me; the snares of death trapped me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:6 - Do to him what you think is appropriate, but don't let him live long and die a peaceful death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:9 - But now don't treat him as if he were innocent. You are a wise man and you know how to handle him; make sure he has a bloody death."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:9 - As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:8 - It is higher than the heavens - what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol - what can you know?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 - "O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:13 - If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out 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 barred gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:13 - They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19 - The drought as well as the heat carry away the melted snow; so the grave takes away those who have sinned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:6 - The underworld is naked before God; the place of destruction lies uncovered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:5 - For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:17 - The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:10 - You will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful follower to see the Pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 - The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:3 - O LORD, you pulled me up from Sheol; you rescued me from among those descending into the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:17 - O LORD, do not let me be humiliated, for I call out to you! May evil men be humiliated! May they go wailing to the grave!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 - They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:15 - But God will rescue my life from the power of Sheol; certainly he will pull me to safety. (Selah)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:15 - May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:13 - For you will extend your great loyal love to me, and will deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:3 - For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:48 - No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. (Selah)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:3 - The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:8 - If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:7 - As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12 - We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:5 - Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:27

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:18 - But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:11 - Death and Destruction are before the LORD - how much more the hearts of humans!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 - The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:14 - If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:20 - As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:16 - the grave, the barren womb, land that is not satisfied with water, and fire that never says, "Enough!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:10 - Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 - Set me like a cylinder seal over your heart, like a signet on your arm. For love is as strong as death, passion is as unrelenting as Sheol. Its flames burst forth, it is a blazing flame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:14 - So Death will open up its throat, and open wide its mouth; Zion's dignitaries and masses will descend into it, including those who revel and celebrate within her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:11 - "Ask for a confirming sign from the LORD your God. You can even ask for something miraculous."

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:9 - Sheol below is stirred up about you, ready to meet you when you arrive. It rouses the spirits of the dead for you, all the former leaders of the earth; it makes all the former kings of the nations rise from their thrones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:11 - Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol, as well as the sound of your stringed instruments. You lie on a bed of maggots, with a blanket of worms over you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:15 - But you were brought down to Sheol, to the remote slopes of the pit.

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