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Semantic range of Sheol (H7585), Hades (G86), Gehenna (G1067), Tartaroo (G5020). Interchangeability? Does any inherently mean eternal torment? LXX translation patterns.

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HELL

(In the A. V. this word occurs in O. T. Scriptures, cited below, and is the translation of the Hebrew word "sheol," which signifies the unseen state) - In the R. V. of O. T. it appears only in ISA 5:14; 14:9,15; 28:15,18; 57:9; EZK 31:16,17; 32:21,27; AMO 9:2; JON 2:2; HAB 2:5 - In the R. V., "sheol" is translated "lowest pit" DEU 32:22; PSA 86:13 - And it is translated "pit" in PSA 55:15 - In the R. V. the word "Sheol" itself occurs in the following scriptures 2SA 22:6; JOB 11:8; 26:6; PSA 9:17; 16:10; 18:5; 116:3; 139:8; PRO 5:5; 7:27; 9:18; 15:11,24; 23:14; 27:20 - Sheol is translated "grave" in A. V. in GEN 37:35; 42:38; 44:29,31; 1SA 2:6; 1KI 2:6; 9; JOB 7:9; 14:13; 17:13; 21:13; 24:19; PSA 6:5; 30:3; 31:17; 49:14,15; 88:3; 89:48; 141:7; PRO 1:12; 30:16; ECC 9:10; So 8:6; HOS 13:14 - In the R. V. the Greek word "gehenna" is translated "hell" in the following scriptures MAT 5:22,29,30; 10:28; 18:9; 23:15,33; MRK 9:43,45,47; LUK 12:5; JAS 3:6 - The R. V. has introduced "Hades," the word found in the Greek text, which signifies the unseen world, in the following scriptures MAT 11:23; 16:18; LUK 10:15; 16:23; ACT 2:27,31; REV 1:18; 6:8; 20:13,14 - THE FUTURE HOME OF THE WICKED PSA 9:17; PRO 5:5; 9:13,15-18; 15:24; 23:13,14; ISA 30:33; 33:14; MAT 3:12; 5:29,30; 7:13,14; 8:11,12; 10:28; 13:30,38-42,49,50; 16:18; 18:8,9,34,35; 22:13; 25:28-30,41,46; MRK 9:43-48; LUK 3:17; 16:23-26,28; ACT 1:25; 2TH 1:9; 2PE 2:4; Jude 1:6-23; REV 2:11; 9:1,2; 11:7; 14:10,11; 19:20; 20:10,15; 21:8 - See WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF

HADES

  1. The unseen world, translated "hell" in A. V., but in the R. V. the word "Hades" is retained MAT 10:28; 11:23; 16:18; LUK 10:15; 16:23; ACT 2:27,31; REV 1:18; 6:8; 20:13,14
  2. See HELL
  3. The realm (state) of the dead 2SA 22:6; JOB 26:5; PSA 6:5; 17:15; 30:9; 49:15; 86:13; 88:10-12; 115:17; 116:3; PRO 15:24; 21:16; 27:20; ECC 9:4-6; ISA 5:14; JON 2:2; LUK 23:42,43; JHN 8:22; 2CO 12:4
  4. See HELL
  5. See IMMORTALITY
  6. See PARADISE
  7. See RIGHTEOUS, FUTURE STATE OF
  8. See SPIRIT
  9. See WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF

PUNISHMENT

  • DEATH PENALTY: Extensive entry covering modes of execution in Mosaic law
  • MINOR OFFENSES: Scourging, imprisonment, confinement
  • ACCORDING TO DEEDS: JOB 34:11; PSA 62:12; PRO 12:14; 24:12; ISA 59:18; JER 17:10; EZK 7:3,27; 16:59; 39:24; ZEC 1:6; MAT 5:22; 16:27; 23:14; LUK 12:47,48; 20:47
  • DELAYED: PSA 50:21; 55:19; PRO 1:24-30; ECC 8:11-13; HAB 1:2-4
  • DESIGN OF: To secure obedience GEN 2:17; EXO 20:3-5; LEV 26:14-39; DEU 13:10,11; 17:13; 19:20; 21:21; PRO 19:25; 21:11; 26:3
  • DIVINE: No Escape from JOB 11:20; PRO 1:24-31; 11:21; 16:5; 29:1; JER 11:11; 15:1; 25:28,29; EZK 7:19; AMO 2:14-16; ZEP 1:18; MAT 10:28; 23:33; ROM 2:3; COL 3:25; HEB 2:3; 12:25
  • ETERNAL: ISA 34:8-10; DAN 12:2; MAT 3:12; 10:28; 18:8; 25:41,46; MRK 3:29; LUK 3:17; JHN 5:29; HEB 6:2; 10:28-31; REV 14:10,11; 19:3; 20:10
  • See WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF

WICKED (PEOPLE) -- PUNISHMENT OF

  • GEN 2:17; 3:16-19; 4:7; 6:3,7,12,13; EXO 20:5; 32:33-35; 34:7; LEV 26:14,16-39; NUM 15:31; 32:23; DEU 7:9,10; 11:26,28; 28:15-68; 30:15,19; 31:29; 1SA 3:11-14; 12:25; 2SA 3:39; 7:14; 22:27,28; 23:6,7; 1KI 21:20,21; 1CH 10:13,14; 15:13; 28:9; 2CH 15:2
  • JOB 4:8,9; 5:3,14; 8:20,22; 10:14,15; 11:20; 15:20-24,28-30; 18:5-21; 19:29; 20:5-29; 21:7-33; 27:8-23; 31:3; 34:22; 36:12,17
  • PSA 1:4-6; 2:4,5,9; 3:7; 5:5; 7:11-13; 9:5,17; 10:15; 11:6; 18:14,26,27; 21:9,10; 28:4,5; 32:10; 34:16,21; 36:12; 37:1,2,9,10,13-22,34-38; 39:11; 50:22; 52:5; 55:19,23; 56:7; 58:6-9; 59:5,8; 62:3; 64:7,8; 68:1,2,6,21; 73:2-21,27; 75:8,10; 78:1-67; 89:10,31,32; 91:8; 92:7,9; 94:13,23; 97:3; 101:8; 104:35; 106:18,43; 107:17,34; 109:6-19; 119:21,118,119,155; 129:4; 139:19; 145:20; 146:9; 147:6
  • PRO 2:22; 3:33; 6:12-15; 10:3,6-8,24,25,27-31; 11:3,5-8,19,21,23,31; 12:2,3,7; 13:2,5,6,9,21,25; 14:12,19,32; 16:4,5,25; 18:3; 19:16; 21:12,15,16; 22:5,23; 24:20,22; 26:10; 28:14,18; 29:1,16; ECC 2:26; 7:17; 8:12,13
  • ISA 2:19; 3:11; 5:11-14,24; 9:18; 10:3; 11:4; 13:8,9,11; 24:17,18; 26:21; 28:18-22; 33:11,12,14; 40:2; 48:22; 50:11; 57:20,21; 64:5-7; 65:12-14; JER 8:12-14,20-22; 9:1; 13:14,16,22; 14:10,12; 16:18; 21:14; 25:31; 36:31; 44:23; 49:12; LAM 3:3; 4:22; 5:16,17
  • EZK 3:18-20; 5:4,8-17; 7:4-6; 9:5-7,10; 11:21; 18:1-32; 20:8; 22:14,20,21,31; 24:13,14; 25:7; 33:7-20; DAN 12:2; HOS 2:9-13; 5:4-6,9; 7:12,13; 9:7,9,15; 10:8; 12:2,14; 13:1,3; 14:9; JOL 2:1,2; 3:13-16; AMO 3:2; 5:18-20; 8:14; 9:1-5,10; JON 3:9; MIC 2:3; 6:13; NAM 1:2,8-10; ZEP 1:12-18; ZEC 5:2-4; MAL 3:17,18; 4:1
  • MAT 3:7,10,12; 5:19-30; 7:13,19,23,26,27; 8:12; 10:28,33; 11:23; 12:34; 13:12-15,30,38-42,49,50; 15:13; 16:26; 18:7-9,34,35; 21:19,41,44; 22:13; 23:14,33; 24:50,51; 25:30,32,33,41,46; 26:24; MRK 4:12,25; 8:36,38; 9:43; 11:26; 12:1-9,40; 14:21; 16:16
  • LUK 3:7,17; 6:49; 8:18; 9:24-26; 12:4,5,46,47; 13:3,5-7,9,24,27,28; 16:22-28; 17:1,2; 19:26,27; 20:18; 22:22; 23:30,31; JHN 3:15,16,18,36; 5:14,29; 7:34; 8:21; 12:40; 15:2; 17:12
  • ACT 1:18,25; 3:23; ROM 1:18; 2:5,8; 5:12,21; 6:16,21; 8:2,6,7,13; 9:22; 11:22; 14:23; 1CO 3:17; 5:5,13; 6:9,10; 9:27; 10:5-11; 15:21,22; 2CO 7:10; GAL 3:10; 5:19,20; 6:8; EPH 5:5,6; PHP 3:18,19; COL 3:25; 1TH 1:10; 5:3; 2TH 1:5-9; 2:8-10; 1TI 1:20; 5:24; 2TI 2:12,13; HEB 2:2,3; 6:8; 10:27-31; JAS 1:14,15; 5:1-3,20; 1PE 3:12; 4:17,18; 2PE 2:3-9,12-17; 1JN 3:14,15; Jude 1:5-7,11-15; REV 2:22,23; 3:3; 6:15-17; 9:4-6,15,18; 11:18; 14:9-11; 16:2-21; 18:5; 19:15,17-21; 20:10,15; 21:8,27; 22:19
  • See JUDGMENTS
  • See HELL
  • See PUNISHMENT

HINNOM

  • A valley west and southwest of Jerusalem JOS 15:8; 18:16; 2KI 23:10; NEH 11:30
  • Children offered in sacrifice in 2CH 28:3; 33:6; JER 7:31,32; 19:2,4,6; 32:35
  • Possibly identical with the valley of the vision ISA 22:1,5
  • See TOPHET

TOPHET (also TOPHETH)

  • A place in the valley of the sons of Hinnom 2KI 23:10
  • Jewish children passed through the fire to the god Molech in 2KI 23:10; JER 7:31,32; 19:6,11-14; 32:35
  • See also 2CH 28:3; 33:6
  • Destroyed by Josiah 2KI 23:10
  • Horror of ISA 30:33

FURNACE

  • Use of: For refining silver EZK 22:22; MAL 3:3; For refining gold PRO 17:3; For melting lead and tin EZK 22:20
  • Capital punishment: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego cast into, by Nebuchadnezzar DAN 3:6-26
  • FIGURATIVE:
  • Of affliction DEU 4:20; 1KI 8:51; PSA 12:6; ISA 48:10; JER 11:4
  • Of lust HOS 7:4
  • Of hell MAL 4:1; MAT 13:42,50; REV 9:2

SECOND DEATH

  • General scriptures concerning REV 20:14
  • See WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF

TORMENTS

  • Of the wicked LUK 16:23-28; REV 14:10,11
  • See WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF
  • GEHENNA: See HELL (Nave's redirects)
  • SHEOL: See HELL/HADES (Nave's redirects)
  • DAMNED: See WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF
  • LOST, THE: See WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF
  • WAILING: Of the wicked MAT 13:42

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