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ID Explicit Statement Reference Position First Appeared Also In
E001 Man was formed from dust of the ground Gen 2:7 Neutral etc-01 etc-01
E002 God breathed the breath of life (neshamah) into man's nostrils Gen 2:7 Neutral etc-01 etc-01
E003 Man became a living soul (nephesh chayyah) Gen 2:7 Neutral etc-01 etc-01
E004 Animals are called nephesh chayyah (living creatures/souls) Gen 1:20-21, 24, 30; 2:19 Neutral etc-01 etc-01
E005 Man is dust and shall return to dust Gen 3:19 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-03
E006 Man was barred from the tree of life to prevent living forever Gen 3:22-24 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-02, etc-03, etc-07
E007 All flesh (humans and animals) has the breath of life (ruach chayyim) Gen 7:15, 22 Neutral etc-01 etc-01
E008 Man and beast have "one breath" (ruach) and the same fate - death and return to dust Ecc 3:19-20 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-02, etc-03, etc-04
E009 At death, the dust returns to earth and the spirit (ruach) returns to God who gave it Ecc 12:7 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-03, etc-04
E010 When God takes away breath (ruach), creatures die and return to dust Ps 104:29 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-03, etc-04
E011 When breath (ruach) departs, in that same day his thoughts perish Ps 146:4 Cond. etc-01 etc-01, etc-03, etc-04, etc-09, etc-10
E012 If God withdraws his ruach and neshamah, all flesh perishes and returns to dust Job 34:14-15 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-03, etc-04
E013 The body without spirit (pneuma) is dead James 2:26 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-03
E014 The nephesh (life/soul) of the flesh is in the blood Lev 17:11, 14 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-10
E015 Animals are explicitly called nephesh Num 31:28 Neutral etc-01 etc-01
E015b Nephesh is used for dead bodies (nephesh meth = "dead soul/body") Lev 21:11; Num 6:6 Neutral etc-01
E016 The soul (nephesh) that sins shall die Ezek 18:4, 20 Cond. etc-01 etc-01, etc-02, etc-03, etc-10, etc-17
E017 In death there is no remembrance of God; in the grave no one gives thanks Ps 6:5 Cond. etc-01 etc-01, etc-03, etc-04, etc-05, etc-09, etc-10
E018 The dead praise not the LORD; they go down into silence Ps 115:17 Cond. etc-01 etc-01, etc-03, etc-04, etc-05, etc-09, etc-10
E019 The dead know not anything; they have no more reward; their memory is forgotten Ecc 9:5 Cond. etc-01 etc-01, etc-03, etc-04, etc-09, etc-10
E020 The dead's love, hatred, and envy have perished; they have no portion in anything under the sun Ecc 9:6 Cond. etc-01 etc-01, etc-03, etc-04
E021 In the grave there is no work, device, knowledge, or wisdom Ecc 9:10 Cond. etc-01 etc-01, etc-03, etc-04, etc-05, etc-09, etc-10
E022 The grave cannot praise God; those in the pit cannot hope; only the living praise Isa 38:18-19 Cond. etc-01 etc-01, etc-03, etc-04, etc-05, etc-09
E023 Those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake Dan 12:2 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-03, etc-04, etc-06, etc-14
E024 God only has immortality (athanasia) 1 Tim 6:16 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-02
E025 Those who seek for immortality (aphtharsia) receive eternal life Rom 2:7 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-02, etc-14
E026 This mortal must put on immortality (athanasia) at resurrection 1 Cor 15:53-54 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-02, etc-04
E027 Christ brought life and immortality (aphtharsia) to light through the gospel 2 Tim 1:10 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-02, etc-03
E028 Men can kill the body but not the soul; God can destroy both soul and body in gehenna Matt 10:28 Cond. etc-01 etc-01, etc-02, etc-03, etc-05, etc-06, etc-19
E029 Paul mentions spirit, soul, and body together 1 Thess 5:23 Neutral etc-01 etc-01
E030 The first man Adam was made a living soul (psyche) 1 Cor 15:45 Neutral etc-01 etc-01
E031 The first man is of the earth, earthy 1 Cor 15:47 Neutral etc-01 etc-01
E032 Man is made in the image/likeness of God Gen 1:26-27; 9:6; Gen 5:1 Neutral etc-01 etc-01
E033 There is a spirit (ruach) in man, and the inspiration (neshamah) of the Almighty gives understanding Job 32:8 Neutral etc-01 etc-01
E034 The Spirit (ruach) of God made Elihu; the breath (neshamah) of the Almighty gave him life Job 33:4 Neutral etc-01 etc-01
E035 God gives breath (neshamah) to people and spirit (ruach) to those who walk on the earth Isa 42:5 Neutral etc-01 etc-01
E036 God gives to all life (zoe) and breath (pnoe) and all things Acts 17:25 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-02
E037 God forms the spirit (ruach) of man within him Zec 12:1 Neutral etc-01 etc-01
E038 Shall mortal (enosh) man be more just than God? Job 4:17 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-02
E039 Death is described as "sleep" by seven or more biblical authors Deut 31:16; Job 14:12; Dan 12:2; John 11:11; Acts 7:60; 1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:14 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-03, etc-04
E040 The dead in Christ rise first; then the living are caught up to meet the Lord 1 Thess 4:16-17 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-02, etc-03, etc-04
E041 Man lies down and does not rise till the heavens be no more; they shall not awake nor be raised out of their sleep Job 14:12 Cond. etc-01 etc-01, etc-03, etc-04, etc-09, etc-10
E042 The dead man's sons come to honour and he knows it not; they are brought low and he perceives it not Job 14:21 Cond. etc-01 etc-01, etc-03, etc-04, etc-09, etc-10
E043 Death is a place where the wicked cease from troubling, the weary are at rest, prisoners hear not the voice of the oppressor Job 3:17-18 Cond. etc-01 etc-01, etc-03, etc-04, etc-09
E044 The dead shall not arise and praise; God's wonders are not known in the dark or in the land of forgetfulness Ps 88:10-12 Cond. etc-01 etc-01, etc-03, etc-04, etc-05
E045 Dust cannot praise God or declare his truth Ps 30:9 Cond. etc-01 etc-01, etc-03, etc-04
E046 It is appointed unto men once to die, then after this the judgment Heb 9:27 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-02, etc-03
E047 Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; corruption cannot inherit incorruption 1 Cor 15:50 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-02
E048 Soul (nephesh) and spirit (ruach) are used in poetic parallelism Isa 26:9; Luke 1:46-47 Neutral etc-01 etc-01
E049 Paul expresses willingness to be absent from the body and present with the Lord; desires to be clothed upon, not unclothed 2 Cor 5:4,8 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-02, etc-04
E050 Paul desires to depart and be with Christ Phil 1:23 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-04
E051 Jesus tells the thief, "Verily I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in paradise" (Greek has no punctuation) Luke 23:43 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-04
E052 Jesus says "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit (pneuma)" Luke 23:46 Neutral etc-01 etc-01
E053 Stephen says "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit (pneuma)" and then "fell asleep" Acts 7:59-60 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-04
E054 On resurrection morning Jesus says he has not yet ascended to the Father John 20:17 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-04
E055 Resurrection is depicted as God putting breath/spirit (ruach) back into dead bodies, and they live Ezek 37:5-10,14 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-04
E056 Daniel is told he will rest and stand in his lot at the end of the days Dan 12:13 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-04, etc-10
E057 God is called immortal (aphthartos); he is the King eternal, immortal, invisible 1 Tim 1:17 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E058 Man is corruptible (phthartos); God is uncorruptible (aphthartos); these are placed in direct contrast Rom 1:23 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E059 The human body is called mortal (thnetos) Rom 6:12 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E060 God will quicken (zoopoieo) believers' mortal (thnetos) bodies by his Spirit Rom 8:11 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E061 The life of Jesus is made manifest in mortal (thnetos) flesh 2 Cor 4:11 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E062 Paul desires to be clothed upon, not unclothed, that mortality (thnetos) might be swallowed up of life 2 Cor 5:4 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E063 The body is sown in corruption (phthora); it is raised in incorruption (aphtharsia) 1 Cor 15:42 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E064 The dead shall be raised incorruptible (aphthartos), and we shall be changed 1 Cor 15:52 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E065 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death 1 Cor 15:26 Neutral etc-02 etc-02, etc-03, etc-13
E066 By man came death; by man came also the resurrection of the dead; in Adam all die, in Christ all shall be made alive 1 Cor 15:21-22 Neutral etc-02 etc-02, etc-03
E067 No man can redeem his brother from death; the redemption of the soul is precious and ceases forever; man is like the beasts that perish Ps 49:7-9, 12, 20 Cond. etc-02 etc-02
E068 God will redeem the psalmist's soul from the power of the grave (sheol) Ps 49:15 Neutral etc-02 etc-02, etc-05
E069 God will not leave the Holy One's soul in sheol nor suffer him to see corruption Ps 16:10 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E070 David's body saw corruption (diaphthora); Christ's body did not see corruption Acts 2:29-31; 13:36-37 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E071 The righteous has hope in his death Prov 14:32 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E072 God will swallow up death in victory Isa 25:8 Neutral etc-02 etc-02, etc-03, etc-13
E073 The dead shall live; they that dwell in dust shall awake and sing; the earth shall cast out the dead Isa 26:19 Neutral etc-02 etc-02, etc-04
E074 Those accounted worthy of the resurrection can die no more (ouketi); they are equal unto the angels and are children of the resurrection Luke 20:36 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E075 Whosoever believes in Christ shall not perish but have everlasting life John 3:16 Cond. etc-02 etc-02, etc-06, etc-08
E076 He that believes not the Son shall not see life John 3:36 Cond. etc-02 etc-02, etc-08
E077 The Father has life in himself; he has given to the Son to have life in himself John 5:26 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E078 Those who have done good rise to the resurrection of life; those who have done evil to the resurrection of damnation John 5:29 Neutral etc-02 etc-02, etc-04, etc-14
E079 Jesus says "ye will not come to me, that ye might have life" John 5:40 Cond. etc-02 etc-02
E080 Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have no life in you John 6:53 Cond. etc-02 etc-02
E081 Jesus says he will raise believers up at the last day John 6:39, 40, 44, 54 Neutral etc-02 etc-02, etc-04
E082 Jesus gives eternal life; recipients shall never perish John 10:28 Cond. etc-02 etc-02
E083 Jesus is the resurrection and the life; he that believes, though dead, shall live John 11:25 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E084 Because Christ lives, believers shall live also John 14:19 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E085 Eternal life is given by Christ to those the Father has given him; eternal life is knowing the only true God and Jesus Christ John 17:2-3 Neutral etc-02 etc-02, etc-08
E086 By one man's offence death reigned; by Christ grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life Rom 5:17, 21 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E087 The wages of sin is death; the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ Rom 6:23 Cond. etc-02 etc-02, etc-03, etc-06, etc-08, etc-17
E088 He that sows to the flesh reaps corruption (phthora); he that sows to the Spirit reaps everlasting life Gal 6:8 Cond. etc-02 etc-02, etc-06, etc-08
E089 The creation shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption (phthora) into the liberty of the children of God; believers groan, waiting for the redemption of the body Rom 8:21, 23 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E090 The wicked shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord 2 Thess 1:9 Cond. etc-02 etc-02, etc-03, etc-06, etc-08, etc-14, etc-15
E091 Eternal life is a promise from God, promised before the world began Tit 1:2 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E092 Those called receive the promise of eternal inheritance Heb 9:15 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E093 Believers have an incorruptible (aphthartos) inheritance reserved in heaven, a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time 1 Pet 1:4-5 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E094 Born again of incorruptible (aphthartos) seed -- the word of God 1 Pet 1:23 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E095 The wicked are compared to natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed; they shall utterly perish in their own corruption (phthora) 2 Pet 2:12 Cond. etc-02 etc-02, etc-03, etc-06
E096 God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son; he that has the Son has life; he that has not the Son has not life 1 John 5:11-12 Cond. etc-02 etc-02, etc-03, etc-08
E097 Eternal life is the promise God has promised us 1 John 2:25 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E098 He that does the will of God abides forever 1 John 2:17 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E099 Unto God the Lord belong the issues from death Ps 68:20 Neutral etc-02 etc-02, etc-03
E100 God is Israel's life and the length of their days; life and death are set before them to choose Deut 30:15, 19-20 Neutral etc-02 etc-02, etc-03
E101 Through God's promises believers become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption (phthora) in the world 2 Pet 1:4 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E102 The hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible (aphthartos), the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit 1 Pet 3:4 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E103 Athletes strive for a corruptible crown; believers for an incorruptible (aphthartos) crown 1 Cor 9:25 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E104 It is the spirit that quickens; the flesh profits nothing John 6:63 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
E105 God warned Adam "in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die" (mot tamut -- emphatic death construction) Gen 2:17 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E106 The serpent said "Ye shall not surely die" -- directly contradicting God's death warning Gen 3:3-4 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E107 By one man sin entered the world, and death by sin; death passed upon all men, for all have sinned Rom 5:12 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E108 Death reigned from Adam to Moses; by one man's offence death reigned; sin reigned unto death Rom 5:14,17,21 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E109 Death is swallowed up in victory; the sting of death is sin; the strength of sin is the law 1 Cor 15:54-57 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E110 Christ destroyed him that had the power of death (the devil) and delivered those in bondage to fear of death Heb 2:14-15 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E111 Jesus explicitly equates "sleep" with "dead": "Lazarus sleepeth... Lazarus is dead" John 11:11-14 Neutral etc-03 etc-03, etc-04
E112 Believers were dead in trespasses and sins; God quickened (made alive) them together with Christ Eph 2:1,5 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E113 Those dead in sins and uncircumcision of flesh were quickened together with Christ Col 2:13 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E114 She that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth 1 Tim 5:6 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E115 He that heareth Christ's word and believeth hath everlasting life and is passed from death unto life John 5:24 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E116 To be carnally minded is death; to be spiritually minded is life and peace Rom 8:6 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E117 He that loveth not his brother abideth in death 1 John 3:14 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E118 The unsaved are alienated from the life of God Eph 4:18 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E119 Sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived and slew Paul Rom 7:11 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E120 If ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if through the Spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live Rom 8:13 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E121 He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death Rev 2:11 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E122 On those in the first resurrection the second death hath no power Rev 20:6 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E123 Death and hades were cast into the lake of fire; this is the second death Rev 20:14 Neutral etc-03 etc-03, etc-04, etc-05, etc-14
E124 The wicked have their part in the lake of fire; which is the second death Rev 21:8 Neutral etc-03 etc-03, etc-05, etc-11, etc-12, etc-13
E125 The devil was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone; tormented day and night for ever and ever; the subjects are the devil, the beast, and the false prophet Rev 20:10 Neutral etc-03 etc-03, etc-05, etc-08, etc-11, etc-12, etc-13, etc-15
E126 The cursed depart into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels; everlasting punishment vs. life eternal Matt 25:41,46 Neutral etc-03 etc-03, etc-06, etc-08, etc-14, etc-15
E127 Gehenna: the fire that never shall be quenched; where their worm dieth not (quoting Isa 66:24 which describes corpses) Mark 9:43-44 Neutral etc-03 etc-03, etc-05, etc-15
E128 Those who commit such things are worthy of death Rom 1:32 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E129 Sin when finished brings forth death James 1:15 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E130 Dead to sin, buried with Christ by baptism into death; old man crucified, body of sin destroyed Rom 6:2-11 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E131 If ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world Col 2:20 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E132 The LORD killeth and maketh alive; bringeth down to the grave and bringeth up 1 Sam 2:6 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E133 I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal Deut 32:39 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E134 What man liveth and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Ps 89:48 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E135 God turns man to destruction Ps 90:3 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E136 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death; O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction Hos 13:14 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E137 Christ was dead, is alive for evermore, and has the keys of hades and death Rev 1:18 Neutral etc-03 etc-03, etc-05
E138 There shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, nor pain Rev 21:4 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E139 Death is personified as a rider on a pale horse; hades follows with him Rev 6:8 Neutral etc-03 etc-03, etc-05
E140 Believers who have died, if we believe Jesus died and rose, God will bring with him; asleep in Jesus 1 Thess 4:14 Neutral etc-03 etc-03, etc-04
E141 There is a way which seemeth right, but the end thereof are the ways of death Prov 14:12 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E142 The mot tamut emphatic construction used in Gen 2:17 is the same form used for judicial death penalties in the Torah, where it invariably means actual death Gen 2:17; Exod 21:12ff Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E143 Adam died at 930 years; he did not physically die "in the day" he ate Gen 5:5 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
E144 He that goeth down to the grave (sheol) shall come up no more; shall return no more to his house Job 7:9-10 Cond. etc-04 etc-04, etc-05
E145 Death is the land of darkness and shadow of death, without any order, where light is as darkness Job 10:21-22 Cond. etc-04 etc-04, etc-05
E146 The grave (sheol) is a house; bed in darkness; rest together in dust Job 17:13-16 Cond. etc-04 etc-04, etc-05
E147 Those that have been long dead dwell in darkness Ps 143:3 Cond. etc-04 etc-04
E148 The dead (rephaim) shall not live; the deceased shall not rise; their memory has perished Isa 26:14 Cond. etc-04 etc-04, etc-05, etc-06
E149 The righteous enters into peace; they rest in their beds Isa 57:1-2 Neutral etc-04 etc-04
E150 Jesus says "the maid is not dead, but sleepeth" of a dead girl (3 Synoptic accounts) Matt 9:24; Mark 5:39; Luke 8:52 Neutral etc-04 etc-04
E151 David "fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption" Acts 13:36 Neutral etc-04 etc-04
E152 Paul uses koimao (sleep) as standard term for the dead 1 Cor 15:6,18,51 Neutral etc-04 etc-04
E153 They shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake Jer 51:39 Cond. etc-04 etc-04
E154 Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord; they rest from their labours Rev 14:13 Neutral etc-04 etc-04, etc-10, etc-11
E155 In a parable, the rich man is depicted in hades in torments; Lazarus in Abraham's bosom; the point: "They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them" Luke 16:19-31 Neutral etc-04 etc-04, etc-05, etc-09, etc-10, etc-15
E156 In an apocalyptic vision, souls under the altar cry "How long?" and are told to rest Rev 6:9-11 Neutral etc-04 etc-04, etc-10, etc-15
E157 An apparition identified as Samuel speaks to Saul through a medium, a forbidden practice 1 Sam 28:11-19 Neutral etc-04 etc-04
E158 At the Transfiguration, Moses and Elijah appear; Jesus calls this "the vision" Matt 17:3,9 Neutral etc-04 etc-04
E159 Christ preached by the Spirit unto the spirits in prison, disobedient in Noah's days 1 Pet 3:18-20 Neutral etc-04 etc-04
E160 The Spirit of Christ was in the OT prophets 1 Pet 1:10-11 Neutral etc-04 etc-04
E161 Martha believed resurrection was at the last day; Jesus did not correct this timing John 11:24-25 Neutral etc-04 etc-04
E162 David is dead, buried, his sepulchre is with us; David is not ascended into the heavens Acts 2:29,34 Cond. etc-04 etc-04, etc-09
E163 Jesus says "I will come again, and receive you unto myself" John 14:3 Neutral etc-04 etc-04
E164 The OT heroes died in faith, not having received the promises; they without us should not be made perfect Heb 11:13,39-40 Neutral etc-04 etc-04
E165 The crown of righteousness is given at "that day" -- Christ's appearing 2 Tim 4:8 Neutral etc-04 etc-04
E166 Jacob expected to go down to sheol unto his dead son Gen 37:35 Neutral etc-04 etc-04
E167 Both righteous and wicked go to sheol Gen 37:35; Ps 9:17; Ps 16:10; Num 16:33 Neutral etc-04 etc-04, etc-05
E168 Peter quotes Ps 16:10 (sheol) using hades, confirming equivalence; Christ's soul was not left in hades Acts 2:27,31 Neutral etc-04 etc-04, etc-05, etc-09
E169 God's presence reaches sheol Ps 139:8 Neutral etc-04 etc-04
E170 Deliverance from sheol is equated with resurrection Ps 16:10; 49:15; Hos 13:14; 1 Sam 2:6 Neutral etc-04 etc-04, etc-05
E171 Isaiah 14:9-10 is a mashal (taunt-poem) using personification of sheol, trees, and rephaim Isa 14:4,8-10 Neutral etc-04 etc-04, etc-05, etc-09, etc-10
E172 David says of his dead infant "I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me" 2 Sam 12:23 Neutral etc-04 etc-04
E173 Paul caught up to paradise/third heaven; whether in body or out he could not tell; a living person's vision 2 Cor 12:2-4 Neutral etc-04 etc-04
E174 "God is not the God of the dead, but of the living" -- in context of arguing for the resurrection Matt 22:31-32; Luke 20:37-38 Neutral etc-04 etc-04
E175 The word of God divides asunder soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow Heb 4:12 Neutral etc-01
E176 Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life Rev 22:14 Neutral etc-01
E177 KJV translates sheol as "grave" 31x and "hell" 27x; same Hebrew word receives both translations H7585 distribution Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E178 LXX translates sheol (H7585) as hades (G86) in 58 of ~65 instances LXX translation data Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E179 Job requests to be hidden in sheol as a refuge from God's wrath, asking God to remember him Job 14:13 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E180 The grave (sheol) consumes those which have sinned Job 24:19 Cond. etc-05 etc-05
E181 Like sheep the wicked are laid in sheol; death feeds on them; their beauty consumes in the grave Ps 49:14 Cond. etc-05 etc-05
E182 Sheol and abaddon (destruction) are paired together before the LORD Prov 15:11; 27:20; Job 26:6 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E183 Ezekiel 32:21,27 is prophetic lamentation: warriors "speak" but lie with swords under heads (sleep imagery) Ezek 32:21,27 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E184 Sheol is personified as insatiable, enlarging itself, opening its mouth Isa 5:14; Prov 30:16; Hab 2:5 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E185 Sheol is used as a spatial extreme opposite heaven, indicating depth rather than punishment Ps 139:8; Amos 9:2; Job 11:8 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E186 The gates of hades shall not prevail against the church Matt 16:18 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E187 Capernaum shall be brought down to hades (spatial opposite of heaven) Matt 11:23; Luke 10:15 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E188 Paul pairs hades with death in victory celebration, quoting Hosea 13:14 1 Cor 15:55 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E189 It is profitable that one member perish (apollumi) and not the whole body be cast into gehenna Matt 5:29-30 Cond. etc-05 etc-05, etc-19
E190 The alternative to gehenna is consistently "enter into life": life vs. gehenna Matt 18:9; Mark 9:43,45,47 Neutral etc-05 etc-05, etc-19
E191 God, after he has killed, has power to cast into gehenna Luke 12:5 Neutral etc-05 etc-05, etc-19
E192 Isaiah 66:24 describes "carcases" (peger = dead bodies/corpses) of transgressors consumed by worm and fire Isa 66:24 Cond. etc-05 etc-05, etc-14, etc-15
E193 Gehenna derives from ge-Hinnom (Valley of the son of Hinnom), a real geographic location Josh 15:8; 18:16 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E194 The Valley of Hinnom was a site of child sacrifice to Molech 2 Ki 23:10; 2 Chr 28:3; 33:6; Jer 7:31; 32:35 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E195 Jeremiah renamed the Valley of Hinnom as "the valley of slaughter"; burial till no room Jer 7:32; 19:6 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E196 Tophet is ordained of old with fire and brimstone; the breath of the LORD kindles it Isa 30:33 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E197 No gehenna passage uses torment vocabulary (basanizo/basanismos/kolasis) for human beings All 12 gehenna passages Neutral etc-05 etc-05, etc-19
E198 Jesus uses gehenna 11 times; James uses it once; all 12 NT occurrences G1067 distribution Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E199 Tartaroo is a verb (to cast into Tartarus), used once, applied only to angels, never to humans 2 Pet 2:4 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E200 Angels that sinned cast down to tartaroo, in chains of darkness, reserved unto judgment 2 Pet 2:4 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E201 Angels reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day Jude 1:6 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E202 Sodom suffering vengeance of eternal fire is set forth as an example (cities not still burning) Jude 1:7 Neutral etc-05 etc-05, etc-06, etc-08, etc-11
E203 Hades is cast INTO the lake of fire; they are demonstrably distinct entities Rev 20:14 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E204 When humans enter the lake of fire, the identifying term is "second death," not "torment" Rev 20:15; 21:8 Neutral etc-05 etc-05, etc-11, etc-12, etc-13, etc-15
E205 The beast and false prophet are symbolic entities in Revelation's apocalyptic framework, not individual humans Rev 19:20 Neutral etc-05 etc-05, etc-11, etc-12
E206 Basanizo has a wide semantic range: sickness, waves, moral distress, childbirth, punishment Multiple Neutral etc-05 etc-05, etc-11, etc-12
E207 Kolasis (punishment) occurs only twice in NT: Matt 25:46 and 1 John 4:18 Matt 25:46; 1 John 4:18 Neutral etc-05 etc-05, etc-08, etc-12, etc-14, etc-15
E208 Skolex (worm/maggot) occurs 3 times in Mark 9:44,46,48, quoting Isa 66:24 about corpses Mark 9:44,46,48 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E209 Rephaim (shades) are the inhabitants of sheol; described as powerless and inactive Job 26:5; Prov 9:18; Isa 14:9; 26:14 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E210 Concept_context tool categorizes hades (G86) under DEATH concept, not as separate theological category Acts 2:27 analysis Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E211 LXX translations of sheol include descending vocabulary, death, destruction -- no torment vocabulary appears LXX translation data Neutral etc-05 etc-05
E212 LXX translates abad (H6) as apollymi (G622) 141 times (PMI 30.45) LXX translation data Neutral etc-06 etc-06
E213 LXX translates shamad (H8045) as apollymi (G622) 23 times and exairo 12 times LXX translation data Neutral etc-06 etc-06
E214 LXX translates kalah (H3615) as synteleo 85 times, ekleipo 30 times, pauo 15 times LXX translation data Neutral etc-06 etc-06
E215 LXX translates shachath (H7843) as diaphtheiro 48 times and phtheiro 6 times LXX translation data Neutral etc-06 etc-06
E216 The way of the ungodly shall perish (abad) Psa 1:6 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E217 The wicked shall perish (abad)... they shall consume (kalah); into smoke shall they consume away Psa 37:20 Cond. etc-06 etc-06, etc-11
E218 Yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be; his place shall not be Psa 37:10 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E219 The transgressors shall be destroyed (shamad) together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off Psa 37:38 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E220 As wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish (abad) Psa 68:2 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E221 The wicked shall be destroyed (shamad) for ever Psa 92:7 Cond. etc-06 etc-06, etc-07
E222 The enemies of the LORD shall perish (abad) Psa 92:9 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E223 The LORD preserveth them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy (shamad) Psa 145:20 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E224 Consume (kalah) them in wrath, that they may not be Psa 59:13 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E225 Let the sinners be consumed (kalah) out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more Psa 104:35 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E226 They that are far from thee shall perish (abad) Psa 73:27 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E227 They are utterly consumed (kalah) with terrors Psa 73:19 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E228 He shall perish (abad) for ever like his own dung Job 20:7 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E229 By the blast of God they perish (abad), by the breath of his nostrils consumed Job 4:9 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E230 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish (abad) Pro 11:7 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E231 He shall destroy (shamad) the sinners out of it Isa 13:9 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E232 They that forsake the LORD shall be consumed (kalah); the strong as tow, burn together Isa 1:28,31 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E233 Broad is the way that leadeth to destruction (apoleia); narrow the way to life Matt 7:13-14 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E234 Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish (apollymi) Luke 13:3,5 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E235 The flood destroyed (apollymi) them all; fire and brimstone destroyed (apollymi) them all Luke 17:27,29 Neutral etc-06 etc-06
E236 Sinned without law shall also perish (apollymi) without law Rom 2:12 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E237 To them that perish (apollymi) foolishness; unto us which are saved, power of God 1 Cor 1:18 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E238 If Christ be not raised, they fallen asleep in Christ are perished (apollymi) 1 Cor 15:18 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E239 Not willing that any should perish (apollymi), but all come to repentance 2 Pet 3:9 Cond. etc-06 etc-06, etc-17
E240 Whose end is destruction (apoleia) Phil 3:19 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E241 Reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition (apoleia) of ungodly men 2 Pet 3:7 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E242 Vessels of wrath fitted to destruction (apoleia) Rom 9:22 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E243 Sudden destruction (olethros) cometh upon them, and they shall not escape 1 Thess 5:3 Neutral etc-06 etc-06
E244 Foolish and hurtful lusts drown men in destruction (olethros) and perdition (apoleia) 1 Tim 6:9 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E245 The day shall burn them up as stubble, leaving neither root nor branch Mal 4:1 Cond. etc-06 etc-06, etc-11
E246 They shall be ashes under the soles of your feet Mal 4:3 Cond. etc-06 etc-06, etc-11
E247 They shall be as though they had not been Oba 1:16 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E248 As the morning cloud, early dew, chaff, and smoke Hos 13:3 Cond. etc-06 etc-06, etc-11
E249 Devoured as stubble fully dry Nah 1:10 Cond. etc-06 etc-06
E250 He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire Matt 3:12 Neutral etc-06 etc-06
E251 Cast them into a furnace of fire: wailing and gnashing of teeth Matt 13:40-42 Neutral etc-06 etc-06
E252 Fiery indignation which shall devour the adversaries Heb 10:27 Cond. etc-06 etc-06, etc-14
E253 Our God is a consuming fire Heb 12:29 Neutral etc-06 etc-06
E254 Fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them Rev 20:9 Neutral etc-06 etc-06, etc-08, etc-11, etc-12, etc-13, etc-15
E255 One lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy (apollymi) Jas 4:12 Neutral etc-06 etc-06
E256 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy (phtheiro) 1 Cor 3:17 Neutral etc-06 etc-06
E257 The Lord shall consume (analisko) with the spirit of his mouth 2 Thess 2:8 Neutral etc-06 etc-06
E258 Rahab perished not (synapollymi) with them that believed not Heb 11:31 Neutral etc-06 etc-06
E259 Olethros = "ruin, i.e. death, punishment" (etymologically related to ollymi, root of apollymi) G3639 definition Neutral etc-06 etc-06
E260 Destruction vocabulary and torment vocabulary are distinct word families NT vocabulary data Neutral etc-06 etc-06
E261 Apollymi used for wineskins that "perish" -- burst and cease to function Matt 9:17 Neutral etc-06 etc-06
E262 Apollymi = "to destroy fully" (from apo + base of olethros) G622 definition Neutral etc-06 etc-06, etc-19
E263 Apoleia = "ruin or loss" (noun form of apollymi) G684 definition Neutral etc-06 etc-06
E264 No lexicon defines any of the seven destruction words as "torment" or "ongoing conscious suffering" Lexical data Neutral etc-06 etc-06
E265 Rev 14:10-11: tormented with fire and brimstone; smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever Rev 14:10-11 Neutral etc-06 etc-06, etc-11, etc-15
E266 Isaiah 34:10 uses identical "smoke ascending forever" language for Edom; Edom is not still burning Isa 34:10 Neutral etc-06 etc-06, etc-07, etc-11, etc-15
E267 Deraon (contempt/abhorrence) occurs only twice: Dan 12:2 and Isa 66:24 (onlookers' reaction to corpses) Dan 12:2; Isa 66:24 Neutral etc-06 etc-06, etc-07, etc-14, etc-15
E268 Olam (H5769) root alam means "to conceal/hide"; Strong's: "concealed, i.e. the vanishing point" H5769 definition Neutral etc-07 etc-07
E269 Olam translated 40+ ways in KJV: "for ever" (198x), "everlasting" (56x), "perpetual" (22x), "of old" (13x), "ancient" (4x) H5769 translation data Neutral etc-07 etc-07
E270 LXX translates olam as aion (G165) 287 times and aionios (G166) 100 times LXX translation data Neutral etc-07 etc-07, etc-08
E271 LXX translates olam as genea (G1074, "a generation") 51 times LXX translation data Neutral etc-07 etc-07
E272 Olam is applied to God: "everlasting God" (Gen 21:33; Isa 40:28), "from everlasting to everlasting" (Ps 90:2), "inhabiteth eternity" (Isa 57:15) Gen 21:33; Ps 90:2; Isa 40:28; 57:15 Neutral etc-07 etc-07
E273 Olam applied to Aaronic priesthood ("everlasting priesthood"), which was changed per Heb 7:12 Exo 40:15; Num 25:13; Heb 7:12 Cond. etc-07 etc-07
E274 Olam applied to 20+ Mosaic ceremonial statutes ("statute for ever") that have ceased with temple destruction Exo 12:14,17,24; Lev 16:29,34; 24:3,8 Cond. etc-07 etc-07
E275 Olam applied to Solomon's temple ("for ever"); temple destroyed 586 BC and AD 70 1 Ki 8:13; 9:3 Cond. etc-07 etc-07
E276 Olam applied to slave service ("serve him for ever" = one lifetime) Exo 21:6; Deu 15:17 Cond. etc-07 etc-07
E277 Olam applied to Jonah's confinement ("for ever" = three days) Jon 2:6 Cond. etc-07 etc-07
E278 Olam applied to Samuel's temple service ("abide for ever" = his lifetime; he died) 1 Sam 1:22; 1 Sam 25:1 Cond. etc-07 etc-07
E279 God explicitly revokes an olam promise: "I said for ever: but now, Be it far from me" 1 Sam 2:30 Cond. etc-07 etc-07
E280 Saul's olam kingdom revoked: "would have established for ever. But now thy kingdom shall not continue" 1 Sam 13:13-14 Cond. etc-07 etc-07
E281 Olam refers to past time ("of old," "ancient") in ~30 occurrences Gen 6:4; Deu 32:7; Isa 63:9,11; Jer 5:15; 6:16; 28:8 Cond. etc-07 etc-07
E282 Edom's smoke goes up olam (Isa 34:10) yet animals inhabit the territory (Isa 34:11-17) Isa 34:10-17 Cond. etc-07 etc-07, etc-11
E283 Olam applied to circumcision ("everlasting covenant"); superseded per Gal 5:2-6 Gen 17:13; Gal 5:2-6 Cond. etc-07 etc-07
E284 "Do prophets live for ever?" (Zec 1:5) -- rhetorical "no"; humans do not live olam Zec 1:5 Neutral etc-07 etc-07
E285 Earth abides olam (Ecc 1:4) but will pass away (Isa 51:6; Rev 21:1) Ecc 1:4; Isa 51:6; Rev 21:1 Cond. etc-07 etc-07
E286 "Everlasting mountains" (olam) "were scattered" (Hab 3:6) Hab 3:6 Cond. etc-07 etc-07
E287 Man's "long home" (beth olam) is the grave (Ecc 12:5) Ecc 12:5 Neutral etc-07 etc-07
E288 Dan 12:2 uses olam for both "everlasting life" and "everlasting contempt" in the same verse Dan 12:2 Neutral etc-07 etc-07, etc-14, etc-15
E289 Fire "burns olam" (Jer 17:4) fulfilled when Nebuchadnezzar burned Jerusalem 586 BC; fire not still burning Jer 17:4,27 Cond. etc-07 etc-07
E290 Babylon described as olam desolation (Jer 25:9,12; 51:26,62); site has been inhabited at various periods Jer 25:9,12; 51:26,62 Cond. etc-07 etc-07
E291 Combined form le-olam va-ed used for God's reign (Exo 15:18), wicked's destruction (Ps 9:5), stars (Ps 148:6) Exo 15:18; Ps 9:5; 148:6 Neutral etc-07 etc-07
E292 Netsach used to explicitly deny God's wrath is perpetual: Ps 103:9; Isa 57:16; Jer 3:5 Ps 103:9; Isa 57:16; Jer 3:5 Cond. etc-07 etc-07, etc-17
E293 Strongest "forever" form (netsach netsachim) applied to Edom's judgment (Isa 34:10), which has ended Isa 34:10-17 Cond. etc-07 etc-07, etc-11
E294 "Perpetual sleep" (olam) of Babylon's rulers = death (Jer 51:39,57) Jer 51:39,57 Neutral etc-07 etc-07
E295 Aramaic alam used in "O king, live for ever" -- acknowledged as non-literal (king will die) Dan 2:4; 3:9; 5:10; 6:6,21 Cond. etc-07 etc-07
E296 Aionios (G166) derived from aion (G165, "an age"); Strong's: "from G165; perpetual (also used of past time, or past and future)" G166 definition Neutral etc-08 etc-08
E297 Aion (G165) defined as "properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity; by implication, the world; specially a Messianic period" G165 definition Neutral etc-08 etc-08
E298 Aidios (G126) derived from aei (G104, "always"); "everduring (forward and backward, or forward only)"; occurs only 2x in NT G126 definition Neutral etc-08 etc-08
E299 Aionios in LXX also translates dor ("generation" 23x), chuqqah ("statute" 20x), berith ("covenant" 20x), choq ("enactment" 14x) LXX translation data Neutral etc-08 etc-08
E300 Aidios (G126) has no Hebrew source in LXX; distinctly Greek word with no direct Hebrew equivalent LXX translation data Neutral etc-08 etc-08
E301 Paul uses aidios (G126) for God's "eternal power and Godhead" (Rom 1:20) -- the only Pauline use of aidios Rom 1:20 Neutral etc-08 etc-08
E302 Jude uses aidios (G126) for angelic "everlasting chains" (v.6) but aionios (G166) for Sodom's "eternal fire" (v.7) in adjacent verses Jude 1:6-7 Cond. etc-08 etc-08, etc-15
E303 Aionios translated "since the world began" (Rom 16:25) -- literally "in aionios times"; aionios refers to past ages Rom 16:25 Cond. etc-08 etc-08, etc-15
E304 Aionios translated "before the world began" (2 Tim 1:9) -- literally "before aionios times"; aionios refers to past ages 2 Tim 1:9 Cond. etc-08 etc-08
E305 Titus 1:2 uses aionios for both "eternal life" (future) and "before the world began" (past) in the same verse Tit 1:2 Cond. etc-08 etc-08
E306 KJV translates aion (G165) as "world" (an age/era) 30 times; "this world" = this age, "world to come" = age to come KJV translation data Neutral etc-08 etc-08
E307 "End of the world" (Matt 24:3) literally = "end of the age" (synteleia tou aionos) Matt 24:3 Neutral etc-08 etc-08
E308 Aionios modifies "life" (zoe) ~42 times (~59% of all occurrences) NT usage distribution Neutral etc-08 etc-08
E309 Aionios modifies punishment/judgment subjects only ~7 times (~10% of occurrences) NT usage distribution Neutral etc-08 etc-08
E310 "Eternal judgment" (krima aionion, Heb 6:2) listed as foundational doctrine alongside baptism, resurrection Heb 6:2 Neutral etc-08 etc-08
E311 Christ obtained "eternal redemption" (aionios lytrosis) "once" (hapax) -- completed act with permanent result Heb 9:12 Neutral etc-08 etc-08
E312 "Eternal salvation" (soteria aionios, Heb 5:9) describes an accomplished salvation Heb 5:9 Neutral etc-08 etc-08
E313 "Eternal inheritance" (aionios kleronomia, Heb 9:15) describes an inheritance that does not expire Heb 9:15 Neutral etc-08 etc-08
E314 "Ages of ages" formula used ~19 times for God/Christ (doxological) and only 3 times in judgment contexts (Rev 14:11; 19:3; 20:10) NT distribution Neutral etc-08 etc-08, etc-11, etc-12
E315 Rev 14:11 ("smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever") echoes Isa 34:10 ("smoke shall go up for ever") -- Edom's ended judgment Rev 14:11; Isa 34:10 Neutral etc-08 etc-08
E316 Rev 19:3 ("her smoke rose up for ever and ever") describes Babylon, a symbolic entity ("MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT") Rev 19:3; Rev 17:5 Neutral etc-08 etc-08, etc-11, etc-12, etc-15
E317 Mark 3:29 reads "eternal sin" (aioniou hamartamatos) -- adjective modifies the sin, not a process of punishment Mark 3:29 Neutral etc-08 etc-08
E318 Matt 18:8 ("everlasting fire") parallels 18:9 ("hell fire" / gehenna fire) -- the two are synonymous Matt 18:8-9 Neutral etc-08 etc-08
E319 Luke 15:3 provides a single parabole label covering three consecutive stories (lost sheep, lost coin, prodigal son) without re-labeling each Luke 15:3-32 Neutral etc-09 etc-09
E320 Luke 12:16 uses the identical "certain rich man" (anthropos tis plousios) formula with an explicit parabole label Luke 12:16 Neutral etc-09 etc-09
E321 Luke 16:1 uses the identical "certain rich man" formula without a parabole label; universally recognized as a parable Luke 16:1 Neutral etc-09 etc-09
E322 Luke 16:19 uses the identical "certain rich man" formula without a parabole label Luke 16:19 Neutral etc-09 etc-09
E323 The rich man in Luke 16:19 is unnamed in the Greek text; "Dives" is from the Latin Vulgate Luke 16:19 Neutral etc-09 etc-09
E324 Lazarus (Lazaros = Eleazar, "God helps") is the only named human character in any parable of Jesus Luke 16:20 Neutral etc-09 etc-09
E325 "Abraham's bosom" (kolpos Abraam) as a post-mortem location appears only in Luke 16:22-23 Luke 16:22-23 Neutral etc-09 etc-09
E326 Luke 16 does not use paradeisos for the righteous dead's location; the same author uses paradeisos in Luke 23:43 Luke 16:22; Luke 23:43 Neutral etc-09 etc-09
E327 The passage's stated teaching point: "They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them" (v.29); "If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead" (v.31) Luke 16:29,31 Neutral etc-09 etc-09
E328 Luke 16 uses basanos (G931) and odunao (G3600, "grieve/sorrow"), not basanizo (G928, the standard verb for eschatological torment in Rev 14:10; 20:10) Luke 16:23-25,28 Neutral etc-09 etc-09, etc-15
E329 odunao (G3600) is used by Luke for ordinary grief: Mary "sorrowing" (Luke 2:48); disciples "sorrowing" (Acts 20:38); same word translated "tormented" in Luke 16:24-25 Luke 2:48; 16:24-25; Acts 20:38 Neutral etc-09 etc-09
E330 basanos (G931) outside Luke 16 occurs only in Matt 4:24 for physical diseases, not eschatological punishment Matt 4:24; Luke 16:23,28 Neutral etc-09 etc-09
E331 The Pharisees are identified as "covetous" and as having "derided" Jesus immediately before the Rich Man and Lazarus Luke 16:14-15 Neutral etc-09 etc-09
E332 "The law and the prophets were until John" and "it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail" immediately precede the Rich Man and Lazarus Luke 16:16-17 Neutral etc-09 etc-09
E333 Nave's Topical Bible lists only one Lazarus (the brother of Mary and Martha, John 11-12); it does not list the Lazarus of Luke 16 as a separate historical person Nave's entry Neutral etc-09 etc-09
E334 kolpos (G2859) in other NT occurrences means intimate relationship (John 1:18), physical proximity (John 13:23), garment fold (Luke 6:38), or geographic bay (Acts 27:39) -- none designate a post-mortem location John 1:18; 13:23; Luke 6:38; Acts 27:39 Neutral etc-09 etc-09
E335 Abel's blood "crieth" from the ground -- personification; the dead Abel is not literally conscious and speaking Gen 4:10 Neutral etc-09 etc-09, etc-10
E336 Abel "being dead yet speaketh" -- through his faithful sacrifice, not literal post-mortem vocalization Heb 11:4 Neutral etc-10 etc-10
E337 The blood of Christ "speaketh better things than that of Abel" -- blood itself is said to speak Heb 12:24 Neutral etc-10 etc-10
E338 In the OT sacrificial system, blood of the sin offering was poured at the bottom of the altar (5 passages) Lev 4:7,18,25,30,34; Exo 29:12 Neutral etc-10 etc-10
E339 Sphazō (G4969) is used for both the Lamb (Rev 5:6,9,12) and the martyrs (Rev 6:9; 18:24) -- shared sacrificial vocabulary Rev 5:6,9,12; 6:9; 18:24 Neutral etc-10 etc-10
E340 Sphazō is used for Abel (1 Jn 3:12), connecting the Abel-martyrs sacrificial link 1 Jn 3:12 Neutral etc-10 etc-10
E341 The altar itself speaks in Rev 16:7: "I heard another out of the altar say" -- personification Rev 16:7 Neutral etc-10 etc-10
E342 In the fourth seal, Death and Hades are personified as horsemen (Rev 6:8) Rev 6:8 Neutral etc-10 etc-10
E343 Withheld wages "crieth" (krazō family) -- non-personal entity cries Jas 5:4 Neutral etc-10 etc-10
E344 The same group as Rev 6:9 (psychas, martyria, logos tou Theou) "lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. This is the first resurrection." Rev 20:4-5 Neutral etc-10 etc-10, etc-15
E345 "The rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished" Rev 20:5a Neutral etc-10 etc-10
E346 God avenges the blood of his servants: Deut 32:43 promises; Rev 19:2 fulfills Rev 6:10's cry (ekdikeō in both) Deut 32:43; Rev 19:2 Neutral etc-10 etc-10
E347 Jesus connects Abel's blood to the prophets: "all the righteous blood... from the blood of righteous Abel" Matt 23:35 Neutral etc-10 etc-10
E348 "The blood of all the prophets... may be required... from the blood of Abel" Luke 11:50-51 Neutral etc-10 etc-10
E349 Nave's Topical Bible classifies Revelation under VISION Nave's classification Neutral etc-10 etc-10, etc-11, etc-12
E350 Rev 1:1 states the book communicates through signs (sēmainō = to signify by signs) Rev 1:1 Neutral etc-10 etc-10, etc-11, etc-12
E351 Psyche (G5590) is used for animal life in Rev 8:9 and 16:3 Rev 8:9; 16:3 Neutral etc-10 etc-10
E352 Psyche is translated "lives" in Rev 12:11 for the same martyrs ("loved not their lives [psychas] unto the death") Rev 12:11 Neutral etc-10 etc-10
E353 Babylon "drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus" Rev 17:6 Neutral etc-10 etc-10
E354 "In her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain [sphazō] upon the earth" Rev 18:24 Neutral etc-10 etc-10
E355 Isa 34:11-17 describes animals permanently dwelling in Edom's desolated ruins after the "smoke ascending for ever" and "not quenched night nor day" language of v.10 Isa 34:11-17 Cond. etc-11 etc-11
E356 Isa 34:9 uses gophriyth (H1614, brimstone) -- same word as Gen 19:24 (Sodom) Isa 34:9 Neutral etc-11 etc-11
E357 Gen 19:24-25: first fire-and-brimstone judgment; "the LORD rained... brimstone and fire... he overthrew those cities" Gen 19:24-25 Neutral etc-11 etc-11
E358 Gen 19:28: Abraham observed ascending smoke from Sodom's completed destruction ("smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace") Gen 19:28 Neutral etc-11 etc-11
E359 Rev 18:8,10,21: Babylon "utterly burned with fire," "in one hour is thy judgment come," "thrown down, and shall be found no more at all" Rev 18:8,10,21 Neutral etc-11 etc-11
E360 Basanismos (G929) occurs 6 times, ALL in Revelation: Rev 9:5 (5 months), 14:11, 18:7,10,15 (Babylon) NT distribution Neutral etc-11 etc-11, etc-12
E361 Three of six basanismos occurrences describe Babylon's "torment," which IS her completed destruction Rev 18:7,10,15 Neutral etc-11 etc-11, etc-12, etc-15
E362 Rev 9:5 uses basanismos with explicit time limit of five months Rev 9:5 Neutral etc-11 etc-11, etc-12
E363 Anapausis (G372) in Rev 4:8: living creatures "rest not day and night" in ceaseless praise -- same word as Rev 14:11 Rev 4:8 Neutral etc-11 etc-11
E364 Luke 17:29 -- only non-Revelation NT use of theion (G2303, brimstone) -- states fire and brimstone "destroyed them all" (Sodom) Luke 17:29 Neutral etc-11 etc-11
E365 All 7 OT occurrences of gophriyth (H1614, brimstone) describe brimstone as agent of destructive judgment; none describes ongoing conscious torment OT brimstone data Neutral etc-11 etc-11
E366 2 Pet 2:6 describes God "turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes" as "an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly" 2 Pet 2:6 Neutral etc-11 etc-11
E367 Isa 51:6: "the heavens shall vanish away like smoke" -- smoke as image of ceasing to exist Isa 51:6 Neutral etc-11 etc-11
E368 Ezek 28:18-19: fire "shall devour thee" producing "ashes"; subject is "never... any more" Ezek 28:18-19 Cond. etc-11 etc-11
E369 Isa 1:31: "the strong shall be as tow... they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them" -- unquenchable fire fully consumes tow Isa 1:31 Neutral etc-11 etc-11
E370 Nah 1:8-10: "utter end" and "devoured as stubble fully dry" alongside fire-judgment imagery Nah 1:8-10 Cond. etc-11 etc-11
E371 Nave's classifies majority of brimstone references as FIGURATIVE; fire in judgment = "Of the destruction of the wicked"; Rev 14:8-13 listed under VISION Nave's data Neutral etc-11 etc-11, etc-12, etc-13
E372 Rev 14:10: torment occurs "in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb" -- public judgment event Rev 14:10 Neutral etc-11 etc-11
E373 Isa 34:14: screech owl "shall rest there" in land whose fire was "not quenched night nor day" Isa 34:14 Neutral etc-11 etc-11
E374 Ps 11:6: "fire and brimstone... this shall be the portion of their cup" -- cup language parallels Rev 14:10 Ps 11:6 Neutral etc-11 etc-11
E375 The devil is a non-human supernatural spirit being; Rev 12:9 identifies him as dragon, old serpent, Satan Rev 12:9; 20:2 Neutral etc-12 etc-12
E376 Rev 17:8: the beast "was, and is not, and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition" -- not a literal human being Rev 17:8 Neutral etc-12 etc-12
E377 Rev 20:15: "whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire" -- NO torment formula appended Rev 20:15 Neutral etc-12 etc-12, etc-13, etc-14
E378 Rev 19:20-21: beast/false prophet cast "alive" (zontes) into lake; human remnant "slain" (apektanthesan) -- different vocabulary Rev 19:20-21 Neutral etc-12 etc-12, etc-13, etc-15
E379 7 of 12 basanizo occurrences are non-judgment contexts (illness, waves, rowing, distress, childbirth, demonic fear) G928 data Neutral etc-12 etc-12
E380 All 5 basanizo judgment uses are in Revelation's apocalyptic framework or involve demons speaking of their own future G928 data Neutral etc-12 etc-12
E381 Basanos (G931) occurs 3 times: physical diseases (Matt 4:24) and parabolic (Luke 16:23,28) -- NOT used in eschatological judgment G931 data Neutral etc-12 etc-12
E382 The "tormented for ever and ever" formula appears once in Scripture (Rev 20:10), applied only to devil, beast, false prophet Rev 20:10 Neutral etc-12 etc-12, etc-15
E383 No epistle, no Gospel, and no OT passage uses basanizo or basanismos for the final fate of generic human wicked NT/OT survey Neutral etc-12 etc-12, etc-15
E384 Matt 25:41: everlasting fire was "prepared for the devil and his angels" -- not originally for humans Matt 25:41 Neutral etc-12 etc-12, etc-13, etc-14, etc-15
E385 Matt 8:29: demons (supernatural entities) anticipate basanizo as their judgment ("torment us before the time") Matt 8:29 Neutral etc-12 etc-12
E386 Heb 2:14: Christ came to "destroy" (katargeo) "him that had the power of death, that is, the devil" -- destruction vocabulary for the devil Heb 2:14 Neutral etc-12 etc-12
E387 Pseudoprophetes in Revelation (3x singular) = second beast of Rev 13:11-17 (symbolic); distinct from generic "false prophets" (8x plural) G5578 data Neutral etc-12 etc-12
E388 Outside Revelation, NT uses destruction/death vocabulary for final fate of human wicked: apollymi, olethros, thanatos, apoleia, phthora, katesthio Multiple Cond. etc-12 etc-12
E389 Rev 20:6: second death has no power (exousia) over those in first resurrection -- "power" language consistent with death Rev 20:6 Neutral etc-12 etc-12, etc-13
E390 Rev 2:11: "He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death" -- adikeo (G91) = to wrong, injure, harm Rev 2:11 Neutral etc-13 etc-13
E391 "Second death" (deuteros thanatos) occurs four times in Scripture -- all in Revelation (2:11; 20:6; 20:14; 21:8) Distribution data Neutral etc-13 etc-13
E392 "Lake of fire" (limne tou puros) occurs five times in Scripture -- all in Revelation (19:20; 20:10; 20:14; 20:15; 21:8) Distribution data Neutral etc-13 etc-13
E393 G3041 (limne): 10 NT occurrences -- 5 literal (Luke, Lake of Gennesaret), 5 "lake of fire" (Revelation) G3041 data Neutral etc-13 etc-13
E394 Rev 20:14 uses thanatos (death) three times: "death and hell cast into lake of fire. This is the second death" -- death vocabulary, not torment vocabulary, identifies the lake Rev 20:14 Neutral etc-13 etc-13, etc-14
E395 Death and hades are personified throughout Revelation: Death rides pale horse (6:8), Christ holds keys (1:18), death/hades deliver up dead (20:13), death/hades cast into lake (20:14) Rev 6:8; 1:18; 20:13-14 Neutral etc-13 etc-13
E396 Rev 21:4: "there shall be no more death" -- appears immediately after the lake of fire passages Rev 21:4 Neutral etc-13 etc-13
E397 1 Cor 15:54: "Death is swallowed up in victory" -- quoting Isa 25:8, in resurrection/abolition-of-death context 1 Cor 15:54 Neutral etc-13 etc-13
E398 Hos 13:14: "O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction" -- destruction vocabulary directed at death itself Hos 13:14 Neutral etc-13 etc-13
E399 2 Tim 1:10: Christ "hath abolished death" -- katargeo (G2673), same verb as 1 Cor 15:26 2 Tim 1:10 Neutral etc-13 etc-13
E400 Rom 6:23: "the wages of sin is death" -- thanatos as the penalty for sin; same word as "second death" Rom 6:23 Cond. etc-13 etc-13
E401 Nave's DEATH - SECOND lists death/destruction vocabulary passages (Ezek 18:4; Matt 10:28; Rom 6:23; 2 Thess 1:9; 2 Pet 2:12) alongside the four "second death" references Nave's data Neutral etc-13 etc-13
E402 Rev 2:10-11 pairs "faithful unto death" (first death) with "not be hurt of the second death" -- two deaths distinguished Rev 2:10-11 Neutral etc-13 etc-13
E403 Deuteros (G1208, "second") in "second death" implies a first death exists; the ordinal distinguishes the two G1208 usage Neutral etc-13 etc-13
E404 Rev 20:12: "the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works" Rev 20:12 Neutral etc-14 etc-14
E404b Matt 25:46 uses kolasis (punishment/penalty) not basanismos (torment) -- different Greek words Matt 25:46 Neutral etc-14 etc-14, etc-15
E405 Rev 20:13: "judged every man according to their works" -- repeated judgment-by-works formula Rev 20:13 Neutral etc-14 etc-14
E406 Isa 66:24: worm and fire act upon peger (carcasses/dead bodies), not conscious living beings Isa 66:24 Neutral etc-14 etc-14, etc-15
E407 Isa 66:16-17: "slain of the LORD shall be many" (v.16), "consumed together" (v.17) -- transgressors slain and consumed before v.24 describes carcasses Isa 66:16-17 Cond. etc-14 etc-14
E408 John 5:24: passed "from death unto life" -- the opposite of life is death, and krisis brings death John 5:24 Neutral etc-14 etc-14
E409 John 5:22,27: krisis = judgment process/authority, not description of outcome's nature John 5:22,27 Neutral etc-14 etc-14
E410 Olethros (G3639) occurs 4 times in NT, all meaning destruction/ruin: 1 Cor 5:5; 1 Thess 5:3; 2 Thess 1:9; 1 Tim 6:9 G3639 data Neutral etc-14 etc-14, etc-15
E411 2 Thess 1:8: "In flaming fire taking vengeance" -- fire as instrument of judgment 2 Thess 1:8 Neutral etc-14 etc-14
E412 Heb 10:28: "He that despised Moses' law died without mercy" -- death as paradigm of punishment Heb 10:28 Neutral etc-14 etc-14
E413 Heb 10:29: timoria (G5098, 1 NT use) = retributive penalty, not torment Heb 10:29 Neutral etc-14 etc-14
E414 Heb 10:39: apoleia (perdition/destruction) contrasted with "saving of the soul" -- binary is destruction vs. salvation Heb 10:39 Cond. etc-14 etc-14
E415 Rom 2:5-6: wrath is an event ("day of wrath"), judgment by works Rom 2:5-6 Neutral etc-14 etc-14
E416 Rom 2:8-9: indignation, wrath, tribulation, anguish for the disobedient -- judgment experience vocabulary Rom 2:8-9 Neutral etc-14 etc-14
E417 Rom 2:12: sinners "perish" (apollymi) -- destruction vocabulary for the outcome Rom 2:12 Cond. etc-14 etc-14
E418 None of the 8 major judgment passages uses basanizo/basanismos for the fate of human wicked All 8 passages Neutral etc-14 etc-14, etc-15
E419 4 of 8 judgment passages use explicit destruction/death vocabulary (second death, olethros, devour/apoleia, apollymi) Distribution data Neutral etc-14 etc-14
E420 ECT scholarly case (Peterson, Burk, Morgan) identifies Matt 25:46 and Rev 14:9-11 as the two strongest ECT passages Web research Neutral etc-15 etc-15
E421 ECT scholars (per Sprinkle) acknowledge Mark 9:43-48 imagery is "a bit of a stretch" as standalone ECT evidence Web research Neutral etc-15 etc-15
E422 ECT scholars acknowledge Luke 16:19-31 describes hades (intermediate state), not the final hell/lake of fire Web research Neutral etc-15 etc-15
E423 Greek philosophers (Epicureans and Stoics) found Paul's preaching of the resurrection "strange" -- resurrection was a foreign concept to Greek thought Acts 17:18,32 Neutral etc-16 etc-16
E424 Paul warns: "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ" Col 2:8 Neutral etc-16 etc-16
E425 God proclaims His name: "merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty" Exo 34:6-7 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
E426 God's mercy extends to "thousands" while His judgment of iniquity extends "unto the third and to the fourth generation" Exo 34:7 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
E427 "He will not always chide: neither will he keep [his anger] for ever" Ps 103:9 Cond. etc-17 etc-17
E428 "He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities" Ps 103:10 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
E429 "He knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we [are] dust" Ps 103:14 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
E430 "He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy" Mic 7:18 Cond. etc-17 etc-17
E431 "All his ways [are] judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right [is] he" Deut 32:4 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
E432 "The LORD [is] righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works... but all the wicked will he destroy [shamad]" Ps 145:17,20 Cond. etc-17 etc-17
E433 The servant who knew his lord's will receives "many stripes"; the servant who did not know receives "few stripes" -- degrees of punishment Luke 12:47-48 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
E434 "It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city" -- degrees of judgment severity Matt 10:15 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
E435 "Every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward [misthapodosia]" Heb 2:2 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
E436 "Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy" -- establishing comparative degrees of punishment Heb 10:29 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
E437 "Who will render to every man according to his deeds" Rom 2:6 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
E438 God's eschatological judgment described as dikaiokrasia (righteous judgment, hapax legomenon) Rom 2:5 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
E439 "He that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons" Col 3:25 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
E440 "The work of a man shall he render unto him... God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment" Job 34:11-12 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
E441 "Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: [and] not that he should return from his ways, and live?" Ezek 18:23 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
E442 "I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth" Ezek 18:32 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
E443 "I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live" Ezek 33:11 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
E444 Every recorded divine judgment in Scripture results in death/destruction (flood, Sodom, Korah, Nadab/Abihu, Sennacherib), never ongoing torment Gen 7:21-23; 19:24-25; Num 16:31-35; Lev 10:1-2; 2 Ki 19:35 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
E445 God describes judgment of Nineveh: "he will make an utter end" (kalah) -- termination vocabulary Nah 1:8-9 Cond. etc-17 etc-17
E446 "Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth" 1 Tim 2:4 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
E447 Cain's punishment for the first murder: exile and wandering, NOT death -- God set a mark to protect him (proportional mercy) Gen 4:11-15 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
E448 In Matthew, the same word (psyche, G5590) is translated both "life" and "soul" — 8 occurrences as "life" (2:20; 6:25 2x; 10:39 2x; 16:25 2x; 20:28) and 8 as "soul(s)" (10:28 2x; 11:29; 12:18; 16:26 2x; 22:37; 26:38) Matt 2:20-26:38 (all Matthew psyche uses) Neutral etc-19 etc-19
E449 Matt 10:39 (11 verses after 10:28, same discourse) uses the identical word pair psyche + apollymi: "He that findeth his life [psyche] shall lose [apollymi] it" Matt 10:39 Neutral etc-19 etc-19
E450 Matt 16:25-26 uses psyche as "life" in v.25 and "soul" in v.26 within consecutive verses of the same discourse — the same Greek word transitioning between English translations Matt 16:25-26 Neutral etc-19 etc-19
E451 In Matthew's judgment parables, apollymi describes the judgment of wicked characters: vineyard lord "miserably destroys" wicked men (21:41); king "destroyed" murderers and burned their city (22:7) Matt 21:41; 22:7 Neutral etc-19 etc-19
E452 Matthew uses apollymi for wineskins that "perish" — burst and cease to function, but material persists Matt 9:17 Neutral etc-19 etc-19
E453 In all 7 Matthean gehenna passages, the vocabulary paired with gehenna is destruction/judgment (apollymi, krisis), never torment (basanizo/basanismos) Matt 5:22,29-30; 10:28; 18:9; 23:15,33 Neutral etc-19 etc-19
E454 Matt 10:28 uses apokteino (kill outright) for men's action on the body and switches to apollymi (destroy fully) for God's action on soul and body — two different verbs for two qualitatively different actions Matt 10:28 Neutral etc-19 etc-19
E455 Both apokteino and apollymi in Matt 10:28 are aorist active infinitives — punctiliar aspect, describing completed actions Matt 10:28 Greek parsing Neutral etc-19 etc-19
E456 The synoptic parallel (Luke 12:4-5) omits apollymi and psyche entirely; Luke uses apokteino (kill) for both human and divine action, and emballo (cast into) for gehenna Luke 12:4-5 Neutral etc-19 etc-19
E457 Luke 12:5 specifies a temporal sequence: "after he hath killed [meta to apokteinai] hath power to cast into gehenna" — killing precedes casting Luke 12:5 Neutral etc-19 etc-19
E458 The "both...and" (kai...kai) construction in Matt 10:28 emphasizes totality: God's destruction encompasses the entire person (both soul and body) Matt 10:28 Neutral etc-19 etc-19
E459 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth (Psalm 31:5) -- source quotation for Jesus' words in Luke 23:46; psalm context is trust, not afterlife Ps 31:5 Neutral etc-04 etc-01
E461 Rachel's soul (nephesh) departed as she died — the departing of nephesh is equated with death Gen 35:18 Neutral etc-01
E462 Elijah prayed for the child's soul (nephesh) to return; the nephesh returned and the child revived 1 Kings 17:21-22 Neutral etc-01
E463 The nations 'shall be as though they had not been' (kelo hayu) — cessation of existence Obadiah 1:16 Cond. etc-06
E464 God rains fire and brimstone on Gog — result is corpses and burial (39:4-5,11-12), not ongoing torment Ezek 38:22 Neutral etc-11 etc-20
E465 God 'will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth' 1 Tim 2:4 Neutral etc-17
E466 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live' — God swears by his own life Ezek 33:11 Neutral etc-17 etc-03
E467 'He doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men' — affliction is not from God's heart Lam 3:33 Neutral etc-17
E468 Tares are gathered and burned up (katakaiO) in the fire — Jesus' simile for the end of the age uses complete-consumption vocabulary Matt 13:40-42 Cond. etc-20
E469 Bad fish cast into the furnace of fire — disposal of the worthless, same formula as wheat/tares Matt 13:49-50 Cond. etc-20
E470 Weeping and gnashing of teeth triggered by seeing patriarchs in the kingdom while being excluded — exclusion-grief, not physical torment Luke 13:28 Neutral etc-20
E471 Unfaithful servant 'cut asunder' and given portion with hypocrites — destruction vocabulary for judgment Matt 24:51 Cond. etc-20

Necessary Implications (N)

ID Implication Based On Position First Appeared Also In
N001 The term "living soul" (nephesh chayyah) does not distinguish humans from animals E003, E004 Neutral etc-01 etc-01
N002 Man does not inherently possess immortality E024, E025, E026 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-02
N003 The ruach that returns to God is not said to be conscious E009, E011 Neutral etc-01 etc-01
N004 Death involves cessation of cognitive activity E011, E017, E019, E021 Cond. etc-01 etc-01, etc-03, etc-04, etc-05, etc-10
N005 The nephesh (soul) is mortal E016, E028 Cond. etc-01 etc-01, etc-02, etc-19
N006 Death reverses the creation formula of Gen 2:7 E001, E002, E003, E005, E009, E010, E012 Neutral etc-01 etc-01, etc-03, etc-04
N007 Breath/spirit (ruach, neshamah) is given by God, not inherent to humans E002, E009, E035, E036, E037 Neutral etc-01 etc-01
N008 Immortality is acquired at the resurrection, not before E026, E064, E074 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
N009 Eternal life is conditional on relationship with Christ E075, E076, E079, E080, E082, E096 Cond. etc-02 etc-02
N010 The transition from mortality to immortality is a future divine act, not a present human condition E026, E060, E063, E065, E066, E072 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
N011 The human condition is mortality and corruption; God's nature is immortality and incorruption E024, E057, E058, E059, E061, E063, E089 Neutral etc-02 etc-02
N012 Death is the result of sin and entered through Adam E066, E086, E087 Neutral etc-02 etc-02, etc-03
N013 Death and life are presented as exhaustive, mutually exclusive alternatives E087, E116, E120, E016, E100 Cond. etc-03 etc-03
N014 Death will ultimately be destroyed/abolished E065, E109, E027, E072, E123, E136, E138 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
N015 The Bible uses the same vocabulary (thanatos/maveth) for physical death, spiritual death, and the second death E105, E019, E107, E112, E115, E116, E121-E124 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
N016 The "second death" is explicitly identified with the lake of fire E123, E124 Neutral etc-03 etc-03
N017 The sleep metaphor for death implies unconsciousness, rest, and future awakening E039, E111, E153, E023, E056 Neutral etc-04 etc-04
N018 Being "with the Lord" is tied to the resurrection and second coming, not to death E040, E026, E081, E161, E054, E163 Cond. etc-04 etc-04
N019 Sheol/hades is the common destination of all the dead, characterized by unconsciousness E167, E168, E021 Neutral etc-04 etc-04, etc-05
N020 Hades is temporary, not the final state of the dead E123 Neutral etc-04 etc-04, etc-05
N021 The righteous dead have not yet received their reward E162, E164, E165 Cond. etc-04 etc-04
N022 Gehenna and sheol/hades are distinct concepts: gehenna is eschatological destruction; sheol/hades is the general abode of the dead E028, E123, E167, E193-E195 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
N023 Hades and the lake of fire are distinct: one is cast into the other E203 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
N024 Tartaroo applies only to angels, not to humans E199, E200, E201 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
N025 The OT background of gehenna involves slaughter and corpse disposal, not ongoing torment E194, E195, E192 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
N026 The KJV translation of four distinct words as "hell" obscures their different semantic ranges E177, E178, E193, E199 Neutral etc-05 etc-05
N027 The abad-apollymi lexical chain is verified by LXX (141x); NT apollymi carries OT abad's semantic weight E212, E028, E075 Neutral etc-06 etc-06
N028 The "perish vs. life" contrast is a structural pattern across multiple authors E075, E233, E087, E240, E223 Neutral etc-06 etc-06
N029 All biblical destruction similes depict substances that cease to exist E220, E217, E245, E246, E248, E249 Neutral etc-06 etc-06
N030 Destruction vocabulary and torment vocabulary are distinct word families E260, E262, E264 Neutral etc-06 etc-06
N031 Olam does not inherently mean "endless"; its duration is determined by context and subject E273-E280, E282, E289, E293 Cond. etc-07 etc-07
N032 Backward-looking uses of olam ("of old") prove the word means indefinite rather than infinite duration E281, E269 Neutral etc-07 etc-07
N033 Olam promises can be conditional and revocable E279, E280 Cond. etc-07 etc-07
N034 LXX translators understood olam as age-related (aion/aionios), not strictly eternal E270, E271 Neutral etc-07 etc-07
N035 OT "forever" fire/smoke language describes completed, irreversible judgments E282, E289, E293 Cond. etc-07 etc-07, etc-11
N036 Aionios does not inherently mean "eternal/endless" because it is used for past time ("in/before aionios times") E303, E304, E305 Cond. etc-08 etc-08
N037 LXX translators chose aionios (age-related) rather than aidios (everduring) to translate olam, confirming contextual semantic range E270, E300, E298 Neutral etc-08 etc-08
N038 Aidios (G126) and aionios (G166) are not synonymous -- different etymologies (aei vs. aion), different usage E298, E301, E302 Neutral etc-08 etc-08
N039 "Ages of ages" in judgment contexts uses same idiom as OT olam/netsach smoke language (completed, irreversible judgments) E315, E316, E282, E289, E293 Cond. etc-08 etc-08, etc-11
N040 In Hebrews, aionios describes permanent results of completed acts, not ongoing processes E311, E312, E313, E310 Neutral etc-08 etc-08
N041 The absence of a parabole label in Luke 16:19 is uninformative about genre, given Luke's labeling pattern E319, E320, E321, E322 Neutral etc-09
N042 The passage's self-identified teaching point is about hearing Moses and the prophets, not afterlife geography E327 Neutral etc-09
N043 "Abraham's bosom" as a post-mortem location is unique to Luke 16:22-23 and lacks corroboration elsewhere in Scripture E325, E326, E334 Neutral etc-09
N044 Luke 16 uses different torment vocabulary (basanos/odunao) from the eschatological torment passages (basanizo/basanismos) E328, E329, E330 Neutral etc-09
N045 The psychas under the altar spatially correspond to the blood poured at the base of the OT altar E156, E014, E338 Neutral etc-10 etc-10
N046 The sphazō vocabulary chain places the Lamb and the martyrs in the same sacrificial framework E339, E340 Neutral etc-10 etc-10
N047 The anapauō link between Rev 6:11 and Rev 14:13 identifies the martyrs' "rest" with the condition of the blessed dead E156, E154 Neutral etc-10 etc-10
N048 Rev 20:4-5 identifies the same group as Rev 6:9 and locates their "living" at the first resurrection E156, E344 Neutral etc-10 etc-10
N049 OT fire-and-brimstone paradigm describes destructive judgment with permanent result, not ongoing conscious torment E357, E358, E365, E202, E364 Neutral etc-11 etc-11
N050 "Smoke ascending for ever" formula in its OT source (Isa 34:10) describes permanent desolation, not ongoing combustion, because same passage describes animals dwelling in ruins E266, E355, E373 Cond. etc-11 etc-11
N051 Basanismos describes completed destruction event (Babylon) in 3 of 6 occurrences in same-book context E360, E361, E359 Neutral etc-11 etc-11
N052 "No rest day and night" (anapausis) in same-book, same-author usage (Rev 4:8) characterizes uninterrupted activity during execution E363, E265 Neutral etc-11 etc-11
N053 Rev 20:9-10 uses different vocabulary for different subjects: "devoured" for humans, "tormented" for devil/beast/false prophet E254, E125, E205 Neutral etc-11 etc-11, etc-12
N054 Basanizo is not a technical term for eschatological eternal punishment (7/12 non-judgment; 1 with 5-month limit) E206, E379, E362 Neutral etc-12 etc-12
N055 The "tormented for ever and ever" formula is applied only to devil, beast, false prophet -- never to humans E382, E383, E377 Neutral etc-12 etc-12
N056 The text's own name for what the lake of fire does is "death" (second death), not "torment" -- author chose thanatos, not basanizo E204, E124, E394 Neutral etc-13 etc-13
N057 Casting death/hades into the lake results in cessation of death: Rev 21:4 "no more death"; parallels 1 Cor 15:26 and Isa 25:8 E395, E396, E065, E072 Neutral etc-13 etc-13
N058 "Second death" is distinguished from first death (physical) by ordinal adjective; first resurrection participants exempt from second death E403, E389, E402 Neutral etc-13 etc-13
N059 The 8 judgment passages collectively use destruction/death vocabulary for human wicked; none uses basanizo for humans E418, E419, E090, E252, E414, E417, E394 Neutral etc-14 etc-14, etc-15
N060 Isa 66:24 and Dan 12:2 are linked by shared rare word dera'on (H1860, 2 OT uses); both describe how the living view the dead E192, E267, E406 Neutral etc-14 etc-14, etc-15
N061 Rom 2:7 states immortality must be sought; Rom 2:12 states sinners perish (apollymi) E025, E417 Neutral etc-14 etc-14, etc-17
N062 Biblical punishment is proportional to deeds, not uniform -- stated in 7+ passages across both testaments E433, E434, E435, E436, E437, E439, E440 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
N063 God's revealed character places mercy as predominant over judgment (6 mercy-attributes vs 2 justice-attributes in Ex 34:6-7; mercy to thousands vs judgment to 3rd/4th gen) E425, E426 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
N064 God's anger is explicitly described as temporary, not permanent: "not for ever" (Ps 103:9; Mic 7:18) E427, E430 Cond. etc-17 etc-17
N065 God does not take pleasure in executing the death penalty on the wicked -- stated 3 times E441, E442, E443 Neutral etc-17 etc-17
N066 Matthew's own psyche-apollymi word pair (10:28 and 10:39) uses the same words to mean "lose one's life" within the same discourse E449, E448 Neutral etc-19 etc-19
N067 In Matthew's didactic teaching (10:28), apollymi describes God's action on the wicked in gehenna; no gehenna passage in Matthew pairs apollymi with torment vocabulary E028, E453 Cond. etc-19 etc-19
N068 Gehenna is never paired with torment vocabulary in any author E453, E197 Neutral etc-19 etc-19

Inferences (I)

ID Claim Type Position First Appeared Also In
I004 Man is a holistic unity (monism) - body + breath = living soul with no separable immortal component I-A Cond. etc-01
I009 The Bible teaches that the alternative to eternal life is perishing/death/cessation, not continued conscious existence in torment I-A Cond. etc-02
I015 The Bible teaches conditional immortality: humans are mortal, immortality is only through Christ at the resurrection, and those who reject Christ ultimately cease to exist I-A Cond. etc-02
I017 Death means cessation of existence: the person ceases to exist at death, and the "second death" means the permanent end of the wicked I-A Cond. etc-03
I024 The dead exist in complete unconsciousness (soul sleep) from death until resurrection I-A Cond. etc-04
I031 The unique human anthropological distinction in Scripture is the image of God (tselem/eikon), not soul-language (nephesh/psyche, which is shared with animals) I-A Cond. etc-01
I036 The Bible's destruction vocabulary means cessation of existence I-A Cond. etc-06
I040 Olam/aionios functions as "age-lasting" with duration determined by subject; "everlasting punishment" = permanent result, not necessarily endless process I-A Cond. etc-07 etc-07
I049 Rev 6:9-11 uses the blood-crying-from-the-ground motif (Gen 4:10) as forensic personification, not evidence of conscious survival I-A Cond. etc-10 etc-10
I050 The martyrs' "rest" (anapauō) in Rev 6:11 indicates unconscious sleep between death and resurrection I-A Cond. etc-10 etc-10
I053 The fire-and-brimstone, smoke-ascending, and "no rest" imagery in Rev 14:10-11 describes permanence and completeness of destruction, drawing on OT paradigm I-A Cond. etc-11
I055 The "cup" imagery in Rev 14:10 alludes to OT judgment-cup passages describing finite acts of divine judgment I-A Cond. etc-11
I057 Rev 20:10 torment formula is about non-human/symbolic entities only; human fate is "devoured" and "second death" I-A Cond. etc-12 etc-12
I058 Basanizo/torment is specifically the fate of supernatural entities; human fate is destruction/death I-A Cond. etc-12 etc-12
I060 The "second death" means permanent cessation -- the wicked die a second time and cease to exist I-A Cond. etc-13 etc-13
I061 The lake of fire achieves permanent destruction of all that opposes God, resulting in Rev 21:4 "no more death" I-A Cond. etc-13 etc-13
I065 Matt 25:46 "everlasting punishment" = permanent death penalty (kolasis = irreversible destruction) I-A Cond. etc-14 etc-15
I066 Dan 12:2 "everlasting contempt" = permanent reputation of the destroyed (onlookers' reaction to dead) I-A Cond. etc-14 etc-15
I070 The 8 judgment passages collectively describe permanent destruction/death as the fate of the wicked I-A Cond. etc-14
I072 Rev 14:9-11 uses OT fire-and-brimstone imagery of completed destruction with permanent result I-A Cond. etc-15 etc-15
I074 Rev 20:10 torment applies to non-human subjects; text distinguishes human fate as "second death" I-A Cond. etc-15 etc-15
I076 Mark 9:43-48 quotes Isa 66:24 — worm and fire consume dead bodies (peger) I-A Cond. etc-15 etc-15
I081 Infinite conscious torment for finite sin is inconsistent with the biblical principle of proportional justice ("according to deeds") I-A Cond. etc-17
I082 Destruction (cessation) as the final fate is consistent with God's self-revealed character of mercy, temporary anger, and the stated penalty of death I-A Cond. etc-17
I084 Matt 10:28 teaches that the wicked will be destroyed (cease to exist) in gehenna — God's apollymi means complete destruction I-A Cond. etc-19 etc-19
I096 The doctrine of the inherently immortal soul entered Christianity from Platonic philosophy, not from Scripture I-A Neutral etc-16 etc-16
I097 Aionios functions as "age-pertaining" throughout the NT, with duration determined by subject; "everlasting punishment" (Matt 25:46) = punishment belonging to the coming age with permanent result, not necessarily endless process; "everlasting destruction" (2 Thess 1:9) = destruction whose result stands permanently I-A Cond. etc-08 etc-08
I007 2 Cor 5:8 and Phil 1:23 teach a conscious intermediate state between death and resurrection I-B ECT-direction etc-01 etc-04
I008 Luke 23:43 teaches Jesus and the thief entered paradise on the day of crucifixion I-B ECT-direction etc-01 etc-04
I013 The seeking, gifting, and putting-on language for eternal life/immortality refers only to glorification (the resurrection body), not to the existence of the person; even without receiving this gift, the person continues to exist I-B ECT-direction etc-02
I020 The "second death" involves eternal conscious torment of the wicked in the lake of fire I-B ECT etc-03
I023 "Dead in trespasses and sins" (Eph 2:1; Col 2:13) proves that "death" in the Bible can mean conscious existence apart from God, and this meaning should be applied to the second death I-B ECT-direction etc-03
I032 Sheol/hades is a place of conscious existence, possibly with distinct compartments for the righteous and wicked I-B ECT-direction etc-05
I033 Gehenna is a place of eternal conscious torment for the wicked I-B ECT-direction etc-05
I037 "Everlasting destruction" means ongoing process of being destroyed I-B ECT-direction etc-06
I038 "Wailing and gnashing of teeth" describes eternal conscious torment I-B ECT-direction etc-06
I039 Destruction vocabulary is metaphorical for spiritual ruin I-B ECT-direction etc-06
I041 Olam inherently means "eternal" in eschatological contexts I-B ECT-direction etc-07 etc-07
I042 Dan 12:2 symmetry requires identical duration for both outcomes I-B ECT-direction etc-07 etc-07
I043 Aionios inherently means "eternal/endless" in NT regardless of OT/LXX background I-B ECT-direction etc-08 etc-08
I044 Matt 25:46 symmetry requires identical duration for both outcomes (NT aionios version) I-B ECT-direction etc-08 etc-08
I045 "Ages of ages" in Rev 14:11 and 20:10 teaches literal endless torment of all the wicked I-B ECT-direction etc-08 etc-08, etc-11
I046 Luke 16:19-31 is a parable, not a literal account (genre determination based on converging textual indicators) I-B Neutral etc-09
I052 Rev 14:10-11 describes ongoing, conscious, eternal torment of all the wicked I-B ECT-direction etc-11
I056 Rev 20:10 proves eternal conscious torment for all lake-of-fire inhabitants (same lake = same experience) I-B ECT-direction etc-12 etc-12
I059 The "second death" involves eternal conscious torment (death = separation/torment, not cessation) I-B ECT-direction etc-13 etc-13
I063 Matt 25:46 "everlasting punishment" = eternal conscious torment (kolasis = ongoing torment) I-B ECT-direction etc-14 etc-15
I064 Dan 12:2 "everlasting contempt" implies conscious experience of shame I-B ECT-direction etc-14 etc-15
I071 Rev 14:9-11 describes eternal conscious torment of human wicked (fire-and-brimstone = literal ongoing torment) I-B ECT-direction etc-15 etc-15
I073 Rev 20:10 extends to humans via same destination (lake of fire = same experience) I-B ECT-direction etc-15 etc-15
I085 Matt 10:28 "not able to kill the soul" implies body-soul dualism: the soul is a separable, conscious entity that survives bodily death I-B ECT-direction etc-19 etc-19
I086 Apollymi in Matt 10:28 means "ruin" not "annihilate" — the soul and body are ruined but continue to exist in ongoing torment I-B ECT-direction etc-19 etc-19
I098 Children of the kingdom cast into outer darkness — banquet-exclusion imagery; fate of excluded inferred, not stated I-B Neutral etc-20
I099 Guest without wedding garment cast into outer darkness — exclusion from kingdom feast I-B Neutral etc-20
I100 Unprofitable servant cast into outer darkness — exclusion from master's household I-B Neutral etc-20
I002 The "under the sun" qualifier limits Ecclesiastes statements to earthly perspective only I-C ECT-direction etc-01
I003 The spirit (ruach) that returns to God is a conscious personality I-C ECT-direction etc-01
I005 Man has a tripartite nature (body, soul, spirit as three distinct components) I-C Neutral etc-01
I006 Man has a bipartite nature (material body + immaterial soul/spirit) I-C Neutral etc-01
I010 God's exclusive possession of athanasia (1 Tim 6:16) refers only to self-existent, underived immortality; humans may still possess a derived, God-given form of immortality I-C ECT-direction etc-02
I011 "Mortal" (thnetos) in Paul's letters refers only to the body, not to the whole person; the soul/spirit is exempt from mortality I-C ECT-direction etc-02
I012 Eternal life in John's Gospel refers to a present quality of spiritual life, not to future immortality; therefore having or not having "life" does not bear on the immortality question I-C ECT-direction etc-02
I014 Luke 20:38 ("all live unto him") teaches that the patriarchs are currently alive in God's presence, demonstrating consciousness after death I-C ECT-direction etc-02
I018 Death means separation of soul from body: at physical death the soul/spirit separates from the body and continues to exist consciously I-C ECT-direction etc-03
I019 Death means separation from God: the true meaning of death is relational separation from God, not physical cessation I-C ECT-direction etc-03
I021 The mot tamut warning in Gen 2:17 refers to spiritual death, not physical death, since Adam did not physically die that day I-C ECT-direction etc-03
I022 The Bible teaches multiple fundamentally different kinds of death: physical death (cessation), spiritual death (separation from God), and the second death (eternal torment) -- each with a different meaning despite using the same word I-C ECT-direction etc-03
I025 Luke 16:19-31 teaches the literal geography of the afterlife I-C ECT-direction etc-04 etc-09
I026 Rev 6:9-11 teaches dead martyrs are consciously present in heaven I-C ECT-direction etc-04 etc-10
I027 1 Sam 28 proves the dead are conscious I-C ECT-direction etc-04
I028 The Transfiguration proves Moses was consciously alive after death I-C ECT-direction etc-04
I029 1 Pet 3:18-20 teaches Christ descended to underworld and preached to dead humans I-C ECT-direction etc-04
I030 The "under the sun" qualifier invalidates all OT death-state texts I-C ECT-direction etc-04 etc-05
I034 Rev 20:10 teaches that all the wicked will be tormented forever in the lake of fire I-C ECT-direction etc-05
I047 The naming of Lazarus proves the passage is a literal historical account I-C ECT-direction etc-09
I048 The physical details (tongue, water, flame, gulf) describe literal post-mortem conditions I-C ECT-direction etc-09
I051 The "white robes" given to the souls indicate conscious reception of a reward in heaven prior to the resurrection I-C ECT-direction etc-10 etc-10
I054 The fate of the devil, beast, and false prophet in Rev 20:10 applies equally to all unsaved humans I-C ECT-direction etc-11 etc-12
I062 The second death is a state of eternal separation from God rather than cessation I-C ECT-direction etc-13 etc-13
I067 Rom 2:9 tribulation/anguish = eternal conscious suffering I-C ECT-direction etc-14
I069 Heb 10:29 "sorer punishment" = eternal conscious torment (more than physical death) I-C ECT-direction etc-14
I075 Mark 9:43-48 describes eternal conscious torment via undying worm and unquenchable fire I-C ECT-direction etc-15 etc-15
I077 Luke 16:19-31 proves conscious post-mortem suffering and supports ECT anthropology I-C ECT-direction etc-15 etc-15
I078 Rev 6:9-11 proves conscious disembodied souls, supporting ECT anthropology I-C ECT-direction etc-15 etc-15
I079 The theological argument: sin against infinite God warrants infinite punishment I-C ECT-direction etc-15 etc-15, etc-17
I080 Resurrection of the wicked into bodies "fit for eternal suffering" (Burk) I-C ECT-direction etc-15 etc-15
I083 God's statements about not retaining anger "for ever" apply only to His covenant people, not to the final fate of the wicked I-C ECT-direction etc-17
I087 The warning structure of Matt 10:28 (fear God more than men) implies gehenna involves ongoing conscious suffering — mere cessation would not be qualitatively worse than death I-C ECT-direction etc-19 etc-19
I001 Humans possess an immortal soul that survives death consciously I-D ECT etc-01 etc-02
I016 The phrase "immortal soul" is a biblical teaching derived from the totality of Scripture even though the exact phrase does not appear I-D ECT etc-02
I035 The four "hell" words describe a unified concept of eternal conscious torment I-D ECT etc-05
I068 2 Thess 1:9 "everlasting destruction" = eternal separation in conscious ruin (redefining olethros) I-D ECT-direction etc-14 etc-15