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

Available Library Entries

Word Studies

  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H7585-showl.md — H7585 - H7585-showl.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G86-háidēs.md — G86 - G86-háidēs.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G1067-geenna.md — G1067 - G1067-geenna.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G5020-tartaroo.md — G5020 - G5020-tartaroo.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G622-apollymi.md — G622 - G622-apollymi.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G684-apoleia.md — G684 - G684-apoleia.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G928-basanizo.md — G928 - G928-basanizo.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G929-basanismos.md — G929 - G929-basanismos.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G2851-kolasis.md — G2851 - G2851-kolasis.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G166-aionios.md — G166 - G166-aionios.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G165-aion.md — G165 - G165-aion.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G2288-thanatos.md — G2288 - G2288-thanatos.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H4194-maveth.md — H4194 - H4194-maveth.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G4442-pyr.md — G4442 - G4442-pyr.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H784-esh.md — H784 - H784-esh.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H5769-owlam.md — H5769 - H5769-owlam.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G3639-olethros.md — G3639 - G3639-olethros.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G3709-orge.md — G3709 - G3709-orge.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H639-aph.md — H639 - H639-aph.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H6-abad.md — H6 - H6-abad.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G126-aidios.md — G126 - G126-aidios.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G12-abyssos.md — G12 - G12-abyssos.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H7843-shachath.md — H7843 - H7843-shachath.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G5590-psyche.md — G5590 - G5590-psyche.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H5315-nephesh.md — H5315 - H5315-nephesh.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H2416-chay.md — H2416 - H2416-chay.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H2822-choshek.md — H2822 - H2822-choshek.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H8415-thowm.md — H8415 - H8415-thowm.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/TR-showl-haides.md — TR-showl-haides.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/TR-abad-apollymi.md — TR-abad-apollymi.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/TR-maveth-thanatos.md — TR-maveth-thanatos.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/TR-ashan-kapnos.md — TR-ashan-kapnos.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/TR-esh-pyr.md — TR-esh-pyr.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/TR-owlam-aion.md — TR-owlam-aion.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/TR-choshek-skotos.md — TR-choshek-skotos.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/TR-shamad-apollymi.md — TR-shamad-apollymi.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/TR-shachath-diaphtheiro.md — TR-shachath-diaphtheiro.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/TR-kalah-synteleo.md — TR-kalah-synteleo.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/TR-epher-spodos.md — TR-epher-spodos.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/TR-aph-orge.md — TR-aph-orge.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/TR-chemah-thymos.md — TR-chemah-thymos.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/TR-nephesh-psyche.md — TR-nephesh-psyche.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/TR-saraph-katakaio.md — TR-saraph-katakaio.md
  • D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/TR-thowm-abyssos.md — TR-thowm-abyssos.md

Missing Library Entries (generate)

  • H7496 rapha/rephaim — Shades/dead ones in sheol — 8 occurrences, critical for understanding sheol's inhabitants
  • H11 abaddon — Destruction — 5 occurrences, consistently paired with sheol; no existing word study
  • H6297 peger — Corpse/carcass — 24 occurrences, used in Isaiah 66:24, always dead bodies
  • H1516 gay/ge (valley) — Valley — 67 occurrences, the ge- in ge-Hinnom/gehenna
  • H2011 Hinnom — Proper noun — 13 occurrences, the valley name behind gehenna
  • H8612 Topheth — Burning place — 10 occurrences, the specific site of child sacrifice in Valley of Hinnom
  • G762 asbestos (unquenchable) — Unquenchable — 4 occurrences, modifies fire in gehenna passages
  • G4663 skolex (worm) — Worm/maggot — 3 occurrences in Mark 9:44,46,48, quoting Isaiah 66:24
  • H8438 tolaath (worm/scarlet) — Worm — 44 occurrences, the Hebrew behind Isaiah 66:24; also means crimson/scarlet
  • H7845 shachath (pit/corruption) — Pit/corruption — 23 occurrences, paralleled with sheol in several passages
  • G930 basanistes (tormentor) — Tormentor — 1 occurrence (Matt 18:34), part of the basanizo word group
  • G931 basanos (torment/touchstone) — Torment — 3 occurrences, root of the basanizo word family
  • G3041 limne (lake) — Lake — 10 occurrences, the noun in 'lake of fire' (Revelation)

Strong's Numbers

Strong's Word Relevance Library Entry
H7585 sheol yes
G86 hades (missing)
G1067 geenna/gehenna yes
G5020 tartaroo yes
H7496 rapha/rephaim (missing)
H11 abaddon (missing)
H6297 peger (missing)
H1516 gay/ge (missing)
H2011 Hinnom (missing)
H8612 Topheth (missing)
G622 apollymi yes
G928 basanizo yes
G929 basanismos yes
G2851 kolasis yes
G166 aionios yes
G762 asbestos (missing)
G4663 skolex (missing)
H8438 tolaath (missing)
G126 aidios yes
G12 abyssos (missing)
H7845 shachath (pit/corruption) (missing)
G3041 limne (missing)
G3639 olethros yes

Discovered Scope

Topics Found (from naves_semantic.py)

Topic Subtopic Verse Count

Primary Verses (47 — full analysis required)

Old Testament: - Genesis 37:35 — Jacob expects to go to sheol mourning — righteous person going to sheol - Numbers 16:30 — Korah swallowed alive into sheol — judgment context for sheol - Numbers 16:33 — Korah and company go down into sheol — sheol receives the judged - Deuteronomy 32:22 — Fire kindled in God's anger burns to lowest sheol — sheol's depth, metaphorical fire - 1 Samuel 2:6 — The LORD kills and makes alive, brings down to sheol and raises up - Job 14:13 — Hide me in sheol until thy wrath is past — sheol as temporary hiding place - Job 26:5-6 — Rephaim (H7496) tremble under waters; sheol is naked before God; Abaddon (H11) has no covering - Psalm 6:5 — In death no remembrance, in sheol no praise — sheol characterized by unconsciousness - Psalm 9:17 — The wicked shall be turned into sheol — sheol as destination for wicked - Psalm 16:10 — Thou wilt not leave my soul in sheol — quoted in Acts 2:27,31 with hades - Psalm 49:14-15 — Like sheep laid in sheol, death feeds on them; but God will redeem my soul from sheol - Psalm 88:10-12 — Shall the dead praise thee? Lovingkindness declared in sheol? Wonders in darkness? In land of forgetfulness? - Psalm 115:17 — The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence - Psalm 139:8 — If I make my bed in sheol, thou art there — God's omnipresence extends to sheol - Proverbs 15:24 — The way of life is above for the wise, that he may depart from sheol beneath - Proverbs 27:20 — Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied — sheol paired with destruction - Ecclesiastes 9:10 — No work, device, knowledge, wisdom in sheol — comprehensive negation of consciousness - Isaiah 5:14 — Sheol enlarges herself and opens her mouth without measure — personification - Isaiah 14:9-11 — Sheol from beneath stirred up to meet thee — mashal (taunt-poem, v.4) with personification of the dead - Isaiah 38:18 — Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee — sheol = unconsciousness - Isaiah 66:24 — Carcases (peger H6297) — worm not die, fire not quenched — quoted by Jesus in Mark 9:48 - Jeremiah 7:31-32 — Valley of Hinnom / Topheth — child sacrifice site cursed; will be called Valley of Slaughter - Jeremiah 32:35 — Molech worship in Valley of Hinnom — abomination God did not command - Joshua 15:8 — Valley of the son of Hinnom — geographic boundary description, origin of ge-Hinnom - 2 Kings 23:10 — Josiah defiled Topheth in Valley of Hinnom — no more child sacrifice - Ezekiel 32:21 — Strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of sheol — prophetic lamentation genre - Hosea 13:14 — O sheol, I will be thy destruction — God's triumph over sheol/death - Jonah 2:2 — Out of the belly of sheol cried I — sheol as metaphor for near-death - Isaiah 30:33 — Topheth is ordained of old — prophetic judgment imagery using Valley of Hinnom background

New Testament: - Matthew 5:22 — In danger of gehenna of fire — first NT gehenna reference - Matthew 5:29-30 — Whole body cast into gehenna — gehenna as final consequence - Matthew 10:28 — Destroy (apollymi G622) both soul and body in gehenna — destruction vocabulary in gehenna context - Matthew 11:23 — Capernaum brought down to hades — hades as humiliation/judgment - Matthew 16:18 — Gates of hades shall not prevail — hades as power of death - Matthew 18:9 — Cast into gehenna fire — alternative is 'enter into life' - Matthew 23:15 — Child of gehenna — gehenna as metaphor for spiritual state - Matthew 23:33 — How can ye escape the damnation of gehenna? — judgment warning - Mark 9:43-48 — Gehenna where worm dieth not, fire not quenched — quotes Isaiah 66:24 - Luke 10:15 — Capernaum thrust down to hades — parallel to Matt 11:23 - Luke 12:5 — Fear him who after killing has power to cast into gehenna - Luke 16:23 — In hades he lifted up his eyes being in torments — parable context (genre issue) - Acts 2:27 — Thou wilt not leave my soul in hades — Peter quotes Ps 16:10, sheol→hades - Acts 2:31 — His soul was not left in hades — confirms sheol-hades equivalence - James 3:6 — Tongue set on fire of gehenna — only non-Jesus gehenna usage - 2 Peter 2:4 — God cast angels down to tartaroo — only tartaroo occurrence - Revelation 1:18 — Keys of hades and of death — hades as domain Christ conquered - Revelation 20:13-14 — Death and hades delivered up the dead; cast into lake of fire — hades temporary, distinct from lake of fire

Supporting Verses (41 — retrieve for context, no individual analysis)

  • Genesis 42:38 — Jacob says his gray hairs will go to sheol with sorrow — sheol as common destination
  • 2 Samuel 22:6 — Sorrows of sheol compassed David — sheol as peril/death imagery
  • Job 7:9 — He that goes down to sheol (grave) shall come up no more — sheol as permanent (pre-resurrection perspective)
  • Job 11:8 — Deeper than sheol — sheol as depth beyond human reach
  • Psalm 55:15 — Let them go down quick (alive) into sheol — echoes Numbers 16
  • Psalm 86:13 — Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest sheol
  • Psalm 141:7 — Bones scattered at sheol's mouth — sheol as grave imagery
  • Proverbs 5:5 — Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on sheol — sheol paralleled with death
  • Proverbs 9:18 — Her guests are in the depths of sheol — sheol as death trap
  • Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 — The dead know not anything — defines condition of the dead
  • Song of Solomon 8:6 — Jealousy is cruel as sheol — sheol used in poetic comparison
  • Isaiah 14:15 — Brought down to sheol, to the sides of the pit
  • Isaiah 28:15 — We have made a covenant with death and with sheol — sheol paralleled with death
  • Jeremiah 19:2-6 — Valley of Hinnom cursed — Topheth becomes Valley of Slaughter
  • Joshua 18:16 — Valley of the son of Hinnom — repeated boundary reference
  • 2 Chronicles 28:3 — Ahaz burnt children in Valley of Hinnom
  • 2 Chronicles 33:6 — Manasseh caused children to pass through fire in Valley of Hinnom
  • Ezekiel 31:16-17 — Nations go down to sheol — sheol as destination of defeated nations
  • Ezekiel 32:27 — Gone down to sheol with weapons — sheol receives warriors
  • Amos 9:2 — Though they dig into sheol, thence shall mine hand take them — God's inescapable reach
  • Habakkuk 2:5 — Enlarges his desire as sheol — sheol used as simile for insatiability
  • Matthew 25:41 — Everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels — fire language in judgment context
  • Matthew 25:46 — Everlasting punishment (kolasis G2851) — key disputed passage
  • Jude 1:6 — Angels kept in everlasting chains under darkness unto judgment — parallel to 2 Pet 2:4
  • Revelation 6:8 — Death and hades followed — hades personified with death
  • Revelation 20:10 — Devil tormented day and night for ever — torment language applied to devil/beast/false prophet
  • Revelation 20:15 — Whosoever not found in book of life cast into lake of fire — human fate: death vocabulary
  • Revelation 21:8 — Lake of fire = second death — lake of fire identified as second death
  • 1 Corinthians 15:55 — O death, where is thy sting? O grave (hades), where is thy victory? — quotes Hosea 13:14
  • Jude 1:7 — Sodom suffering vengeance of eternal fire — but Sodom is not still burning
  • Isaiah 34:9-10 — Edom's land: smoke ascending for ever — OT 'eternal fire' language for temporal destruction
  • Malachi 4:1-3 — Day that burns as oven; wicked become ashes under feet — destruction imagery
  • Obadiah 1:16 — They shall be as though they had not been — cessation language
  • Revelation 14:10-11 — Smoke of their torment ascendeth — alludes to Isa 34; key ECT proof text
  • Revelation 19:20 — Beast and false prophet cast into lake of fire — symbolic entities
  • Daniel 12:2 — Everlasting life vs. shame and everlasting contempt — key judgment text
  • Isaiah 26:14 — They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased (rephaim), they shall not rise
  • Nehemiah 11:30 — Valley of Hinnom as geographic reference — post-exilic mention
  • John 3:16 — Perish (apollymi) vs. everlasting life — the contrast pattern
  • Romans 6:23 — Wages of sin is death vs. gift of God eternal life — death/life contrast
  • 2 Thessalonians 1:9 — Everlasting destruction (olethros G3639) from the presence of the Lord — destruction vocabulary

Focus Areas

FA1. Semantic Range of Sheol (H7585): This area must establish what sheol actually means in its OT contexts before comparing it to Greek NT terms. The KJV's inconsistent translation of the same word as both 'grave' and 'hell' raises immediate questions about whether theological assumptions drove translation choices. Verses: Genesis 37:35, Numbers 16:30, Deuteronomy 32:22, 1 Samuel 2:6, Job 7:9, Job 14:13, Job 26:5-6, Psalm 6:5, Psalm 9:17, Psalm 16:10, Psalm 49:14-15, Psalm 86:13, Psalm 88:10-12, Psalm 115:17, Psalm 139:8, Proverbs 5:5, Proverbs 15:24, Proverbs 27:20, Ecclesiastes 9:5-6, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Song of Solomon 8:6, Isaiah 5:14, Isaiah 14:9-11, Isaiah 14:15, Isaiah 28:15, Isaiah 38:18, Ezekiel 32:21, Ezekiel 32:27, Hosea 13:14, Amos 9:2, Jonah 2:2, Habakkuk 2:5 Strong's: H7585, H7496, H11, H7845, H4194

FA2. Semantic Range of Hades (G86): If hades is semantically equivalent to sheol (as Acts 2:27,31 confirms), then the NT concept of hades should carry the same characteristics: temporary, receives both righteous and wicked, characterized by unconsciousness in didactic passages. Luke 16:23 is the key test case. Verses: Matthew 11:23, Matthew 16:18, Luke 10:15, Luke 16:23, Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31, 1 Corinthians 15:55, Revelation 1:18, Revelation 6:8, Revelation 20:13-14 Strong's: G86, H7585, G2288

FA3. Semantic Range of Gehenna (G1067): This area must carefully distinguish between what the text actually says about gehenna and what theological tradition has read into it. The vocabulary Jesus chooses (destroy vs. torment) and the OT background (valley of slaughter, corpse disposal) are the primary evidence. Verses: Matthew 5:22, Matthew 5:29-30, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 18:9, Matthew 23:15, Matthew 23:33, Mark 9:43-48, Luke 12:5, James 3:6, Joshua 15:8, 2 Kings 23:10, 2 Chronicles 28:3, 2 Chronicles 33:6, Jeremiah 7:31-32, Jeremiah 19:2-6, Jeremiah 32:35, Isaiah 30:33, Isaiah 66:24 Strong's: G1067, G622, H1516, H2011, H8612, H6297, G4663, H8438

FA4. Tartaroo (G5020) — Single Occurrence Analysis: Tartaroo is the most specialized of the four words. Its restriction to a single verse about angelic imprisonment makes it the easiest to analyze but also the most important to correctly delimit — it should not be conflated with human eschatology. Verses: 2 Peter 2:4, Jude 1:6, Jude 1:7 Strong's: G5020, G126

FA5. LXX Translation Patterns — Sheol to Greek: The LXX data is critical evidence. The overwhelming sheol→hades mapping (58 times) establishes the semantic equivalence. But the secondary mappings (thanatos 14x, katabaino 17x, katago 10x, apoleia 3x) show that translators sometimes chose context-sensitive renderings — all of which point to death/descent/destruction, never to torment. Verses: Psalm 16:10, Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31, Hosea 13:14, 1 Corinthians 15:55, Isaiah 38:18, Psalm 6:5 Strong's: H7585, G86, G2288, G2609, G2597, G684, G5590

FA6. Interchangeability — Can These Words Substitute for Each Other?: If these four words designated a single concept, they should be interchangeable in context. The test is whether you can substitute 'gehenna' for 'sheol' in passages like Psalm 6:5 or Genesis 37:35 without absurdity. If Jacob expected to go to a place of fiery punishment to be with his dead son, the text becomes incoherent. Verses: Genesis 37:35, Psalm 6:5, Psalm 16:10, Acts 2:27, Matthew 10:28, Mark 9:43-48, 2 Peter 2:4, Revelation 20:13-14, Luke 16:23, Matthew 25:41 Strong's: H7585, G86, G1067, G5020

FA7. Does Any Word Inherently Mean Eternal Conscious Torment?: The lexical evidence must be presented word by word. Each word's actual semantic range — as defined by lexicons and demonstrated by usage — is the primary evidence. If no lexicon defines any of these four words as 'a place of eternal conscious torment,' that is a significant finding. Verses: Matthew 10:28, Mark 9:43-48, Isaiah 66:24, Matthew 25:41, Matthew 25:46, Revelation 20:10, Revelation 14:10-11, Jude 1:7, Isaiah 34:9-10, 2 Thessalonians 1:9, Psalm 6:5, Ecclesiastes 9:10 Strong's: H7585, G86, G1067, G5020, G622, G928, G929, G2851, G166, G762, H784, G4442

FA8. The 'Grave' vs. 'Hell' Translation Controversy: If the KJV translates sheol as 'grave' when Jacob, David, or Job go there but as 'hell' when the wicked go there, this reveals a theological interpretive layer imposed on the translation. The underlying Hebrew makes no such distinction. Verses: Genesis 37:35, Genesis 42:38, 1 Samuel 2:6, Job 14:13, Psalm 9:17, Psalm 16:10, Psalm 31:17, Psalm 49:14-15, Psalm 55:15, Proverbs 7:27, Proverbs 23:14, Isaiah 14:9, Isaiah 14:15, Deuteronomy 32:22, Hosea 13:14 Strong's: H7585

FA9. Who Goes to Sheol/Hades? Righteous and Wicked?: The data should show conclusively whether sheol is a general abode of all the dead or a punishment for the wicked. If righteous individuals (Jacob, David, Job, Christ) go to sheol, this establishes that sheol is not a punitive destination. Verses: Genesis 37:35, Genesis 44:29, 1 Kings 2:6, Job 17:13, Psalm 9:17, Psalm 16:10, Psalm 49:14-15, Psalm 88:3, Isaiah 38:10, Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31, Hosea 13:14 Strong's: H7585, G86

FA10. Gehenna's OT Background — Valley of Hinnom and Child Sacrifice: The Valley of Hinnom trajectory moves from geography to abomination to prophetic curse to eschatological metaphor. At every stage, the imagery is slaughter, death, and corpse disposal — never ongoing conscious existence in torment. Verses: Joshua 15:8, Joshua 18:16, 2 Kings 23:10, 2 Chronicles 28:3, 2 Chronicles 33:6, Jeremiah 7:31-32, Jeremiah 19:2-6, Jeremiah 32:35, Isaiah 30:33, Isaiah 66:24, Nehemiah 11:30 Strong's: G1067, H1516, H2011, H8612, H6297

FA11. Sheol-Abaddon Pairing Pattern: The sheol-abaddon pairing associates sheol with destruction, not torment. This word association is evidence about how the Hebrew authors conceptualized the realm of the dead. Verses: Job 26:6, Job 28:22, Job 31:12, Psalm 88:11, Proverbs 15:11, Proverbs 27:20, Revelation 9:11 Strong's: H7585, H11, H6

FA12. Hades vs. Lake of Fire — The Distinction: This focus area establishes the biblical framework: temporary holding (sheol/hades) → judgment → final outcome (lake of fire = second death). The two destinations are sequential, not identical. Verses: Revelation 20:10, Revelation 20:13-14, Revelation 20:15, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 19:20, Revelation 6:8, Revelation 1:18 Strong's: G86, G3041, G4442, G2288, G928, G929

Research Instructions

You are the Research Agent. Execute this study by:

  1. Read the SKILL.md for full tool documentation and principles
  2. Read your agent instructions at agents/research-agent.md
  3. Read ALL library entries listed in "Available Library Entries" above
  4. Follow the workflow from the skill
  5. Write research files to this folder:
  6. 01-topics.md — Nave's topics and full entries
  7. 02-verses.md — All verse texts retrieved with context for:
    • Semantic Range of Sheol (H7585) (Genesis 37:35, Numbers 16:30, Deuteronomy 32:22, 1 Samuel 2:6, Job 7:9...)
    • Semantic Range of Hades (G86) (Matthew 11:23, Matthew 16:18, Luke 10:15, Luke 16:23, Acts 2:27...)
    • Semantic Range of Gehenna (G1067) (Matthew 5:22, Matthew 5:29-30, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 18:9, Matthew 23:15...)
    • Tartaroo (G5020) — Single Occurrence Analysis (2 Peter 2:4, Jude 1:6, Jude 1:7)
    • LXX Translation Patterns — Sheol to Greek (Psalm 16:10, Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31, Hosea 13:14, 1 Corinthians 15:55...)
    • Interchangeability — Can These Words Substitute for Each Other? (Genesis 37:35, Psalm 6:5, Psalm 16:10, Acts 2:27, Matthew 10:28...)
    • Does Any Word Inherently Mean Eternal Conscious Torment? (Matthew 10:28, Mark 9:43-48, Isaiah 66:24, Matthew 25:41, Matthew 25:46...)
    • The 'Grave' vs. 'Hell' Translation Controversy (Genesis 37:35, Genesis 42:38, 1 Samuel 2:6, Job 14:13, Psalm 9:17...)
    • Who Goes to Sheol/Hades? Righteous and Wicked? (Genesis 37:35, Genesis 44:29, 1 Kings 2:6, Job 17:13, Psalm 9:17...)
    • Gehenna's OT Background — Valley of Hinnom and Child Sacrifice (Joshua 15:8, Joshua 18:16, 2 Kings 23:10, 2 Chronicles 28:3, 2 Chronicles 33:6...)
    • Sheol-Abaddon Pairing Pattern (Job 26:6, Job 28:22, Job 31:12, Psalm 88:11, Proverbs 15:11...)
    • Hades vs. Lake of Fire — The Distinction (Revelation 20:10, Revelation 20:13-14, Revelation 20:15, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 19:20...)
    • All additional verses from Nave's topic entries
  8. 04-word-studies.md — Strong's research:
    • FROM LIBRARY (read, don't re-derive): H7585 (sheol), G1067 (geenna/gehenna), G5020 (tartaroo), G622 (apollymi), G928 (basanizo), G929 (basanismos), G2851 (kolasis), G166 (aionios), G126 (aidios), G3639 (olethros)
    • FRESH LOOKUPS (no library entry): G86 (hades), H7496 (rapha/rephaim), H11 (abaddon), H6297 (peger), H1516 (gay/ge), H2011 (Hinnom), H8612 (Topheth), G762 (asbestos), G4663 (skolex), H8438 (tolaath), G12 (abyssos), H7845 (shachath (pit/corruption)), G3041 (limne)
  9. raw-data/ — Raw tool output organized by category
  10. Do NOT write 03-analysis.md or CONCLUSION.md — those are for the analysis agent

Specific Research Directives

  1. Required Greek/Hebrew parsing:
  2. Matthew 10:28 —
  3. Mark 9:43-48 —
  4. 2 Peter 2:4 —
  5. Acts 2:27 —
  6. Matthew 25:46 —
  7. Revelation 20:14 —
  8. Isaiah 66:24 —
  9. Luke 16:23 —
  10. Revelation 20:10 —
  11. Jude 1:6-7 —
  12. 2 Thessalonians 1:9 —

  13. Matthew 5:22 —

  14. Required cross-testament parallels (run BOTH --hybrid-ot AND --hybrid-nt):

  15. Psalm 16:10 —
  16. Hosea 13:14 —
  17. Isaiah 66:24 —
  18. 2 Peter 2:4 —
  19. Matthew 11:23 —
  20. Isaiah 34:9-10 —
  21. Jeremiah 7:31-32 —
  22. Matthew 25:41 —
  23. Matthew 10:28 —
  24. Revelation 20:14 —
  25. Job 26:6 —

  26. Daniel 12:2 —

  27. Required word traces:

  28. G86 (hades) — run search_strongs.py --lookup and --verses
  29. H7496 (rapha/rephaim) — run search_strongs.py --lookup and --verses
  30. H11 (abaddon) — run search_strongs.py --lookup and --verses
  31. H6297 (peger) — run search_strongs.py --lookup and --verses
  32. H1516 (gay/ge) — run search_strongs.py --lookup and --verses
  33. H2011 (Hinnom) — run search_strongs.py --lookup and --verses
  34. H8612 (Topheth) — run search_strongs.py --lookup and --verses
  35. G762 (asbestos) — run search_strongs.py --lookup and --verses
  36. G4663 (skolex) — run search_strongs.py --lookup and --verses
  37. H8438 (tolaath) — run search_strongs.py --lookup and --verses
  38. G12 (abyssos) — run search_strongs.py --lookup and --verses
  39. H7845 (shachath (pit/corruption)) — run search_strongs.py --lookup and --verses
  40. G3041 (limne) — run search_strongs.py --lookup and --verses

Workflow

answer-question

Scoped from prompt.json Folder: etc7-05-four-hell-words/