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Topics — Lake of Fire / Second Death

SECOND DEATH

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

LAKE

  • Of fire REV 19:20; 20:10,14,15; 21:8

DEATH — SECOND (subcategory)

PRO 14:12; EZK 18:4,10,13,21,23,24; 33:8,9,11,14-16; MAT 7:13; 10:28; 25:30,41,46; MRK 9:43,44; ROM 1:32; 6:16,21,23; 8:13; 9:22; 2TH 1:9; JAS 1:15; 4:12; 2PE 2:12; REV 2:11; 19:20; 20:14; 21:8

DEATH (selected relevant entries)

  • Called SLEEP DEU 31:16; JOB 7:21; 14:12; JER 51:39; DAN 12:2; JHN 11:11; ACT 7:60; 13:36; 1CO 15:6,18,51; 1TH 4:14,15
  • No death in heaven LUK 20:36; REV 21:4
  • Apostrophe to: HOS 13:14; 1CO 15:55
  • Unclassified: includes PSA 6:5; 49:7,9; 115:17; ECC 9:5,6,10; ISA 25:8; HEB 2:14,15; REV 1:18; 20:12-14; 21:4

FIRE — FIGURATIVE (subcategory)

  • Judgments: DEU 4:24; 32:22; ISA 33:14; JER 23:29; AMO 1:4,7,10,12,14; 2:2; MAL 3:2; LUK 12:49; REV 20:9
  • Of the destruction of the wicked: MAT 13:42,50; 25:41; MRK 9:44; REV 9:2; 21:8
  • EVERLASTING FIRE: ISA 33:14; MAT 18:8; 25:41; MRK 9:44

HADES

  • The unseen world, translated "hell" in A.V.: MAT 10:28; 11:23; 16:18; LUK 10:15; 16:23; ACT 2:27,31; REV 1:18; 6:8; 20:13,14

HELL — 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

Semantic Search Results

Top matches: SECOND DEATH (0.54), LAKE (0.53), RESURRECTION (0.45), EVERLASTING FIRE (0.44), FIRE (0.40), HADES (0.40)

semantic_strongs.py: "lake fire second death"

Top matches: G2618 katakaio (burn down/consume, 0.313), G2740 kausis (burning, 0.298), G3041 limne (lake, 0.287), G2288 thanatos (death, 0.266)

Key Observations

  1. Nave's classifies "lake of fire" under LAKE with five Revelation references only -- the concept does not appear outside Revelation.

  2. Nave's SECOND DEATH entry points only to Rev 20:14 and cross-references WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF.

  3. Nave's DEATH - SECOND subcategory lists a wide range of verses using death/destruction vocabulary for the fate of the wicked (Ezek 18:4; Matt 10:28; Rom 6:23; 2 Thess 1:9; etc.), indicating Nave's treats "second death" as connected to the broader death-as-judgment theme.

  4. Nave's classifies fire in judgment as "Of the destruction of the wicked" and everlasting fire as FIGURATIVE.

  5. G3041 (limne) occurs 10 times in NT: 5 literal uses in Luke (Lake of Gennesaret), 5 uses for "lake of fire" in Revelation. The word simply means "lake/pond" -- a body of water.

Research compiled: 2026-02-20

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