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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 - and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, 'For -- I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,' and his father weepeth for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 - and he saith, 'My son doth not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he by himself is left; when mischief hath met him in the way in which ye go, then ye have brought down my grey hairs in sorrow to sheol.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:29 - when ye have taken also this from my presence, and mischief hath met him, then ye have brought down my grey hairs with evil to sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:31 - then it hath come to pass when he seeth that the youth is not, that he hath died, and thy servants have brought down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to sheol;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - and if a strange thing Jehovah do, and the ground hath opened her mouth and swallowed them, and all that they have, and they have gone down alive to Sheol -- then ye have known that these men have despised Jehovah.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:33 - and they go down, they, and all that they have, alive to Sheol, and the earth closeth over them, and they perish from the midst of the assembly;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22 - For a fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, And it burneth unto Sheol -- the lowest, And consumeth earth and its increase, And setteth on fire foundations of mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:6 - Jehovah putteth to death, and keepeth alive, He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6 - The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:6 - and thou hast done according to thy wisdom, and dost not let his old age go down in peace to Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:9 - and now, acquit him not, for a wise man thou art, and thou hast known that which thou dost to him, and hast brought down his old age with blood to Sheol.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:9 - Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:8 - Heights of the heavens! -- what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! -- what knowest thou?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 - O that in Sheol Thou wouldst conceal me, Hide me till the turning of Thine anger, Set for me a limit, and remember me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:13 - If I wait -- Sheol is my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:16 - To the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:13 - They wear out in good their days, And in a moment to Sheol go down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19 - Drought -- also heat -- consume snow-waters, Sheol those who have sinned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:6 - Naked is Sheol over-against Him, And there is no covering to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:5 - For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:17 - The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:10 - For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 - Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:3 - Jehovah, Thou hast brought up from Sheol my soul, Thou hast kept me alive, From going down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:17 - O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 - As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form is for consumption. Sheol is a dwelling for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:15 - Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:15 - Desolations are upon them, They go down to Sheol -- alive, For wickedness is in their dwelling, in their midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:13 - For Thy kindness is great toward me, And Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:3 - For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:48 - Who is the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:3 - Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:8 - If I ascend the heavens -- there Thou art, And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:7 - As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12 - We swallow them as Sheol -- alive, And whole -- as those going down to the pit,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:5 - Her feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:27 - The ways of Sheol -- her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:18 - And he hath not known that Rephaim are there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:11 - Sheol and destruction are before Jehovah, Surely also the hearts of the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 - A path of life is on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:14 - Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:20 - Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:16 - Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth -- it is not satisfied with water, And fire -- it hath not said, 'Sufficiency,'

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:10 - All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 - Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings are burnings of fire, a flame of Jah!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:14 - Therefore hath Sheol enlarged herself, And hath opened her mouth without limit. And gone down hath its honour, and its multitude, And its noise, and its exulting one -- into her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:11 - 'Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God, Make deep the request, or make it high upwards.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:9 - Sheol beneath hath been troubled at thee, To meet thy coming in, It is waking up for thee Rephaim, All chiefs ones of earth, It hath raised up from their thrones All kings of nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:11 - Brought down to Sheol hath been thine excellency, The noise of thy psaltery, Under thee spread out hath been the worm, Yea, covering thee is the worm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:15 - Only -- unto Sheol thou art brought down, Unto the sides of the pit.

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