The place of departed spirits; Hades; also, the grave.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
Hell Roget’s Thesaurus §982
N. hell, bottomless pit, place of torment, habitation # of fallen angels, pandemonium, abaddon, domdaniel, jahannan, sheol, hell fire, everlasting fire, everlasting torment, eternal damnation, lake of fire and brimstone, fire that is never quenched, worm that never dies, purgatory, limbo, gehenna, abyss, tartarus, hades, avernus, styx, stygian creek, pit of acheron, cocytus, infernal regions, inferno, shades below, realms of pluto, pluto, rhadamanthus, erebus, tophet
Phr. dies irae dies illa, "the hue of dungeons and the scowl of night", 2, religious doctrines
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And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”
It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.
But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?