Sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit 1a) the underworld 1b) Sheol-the OT designation for the abode of the dead 1b1) place of no return 1b2) without praise of God 1b3) wicked sent there for punishment 1b4) righteous not abandoned to it 1b5) of the place of exile (fig) 1b6) of extreme degradation in sin
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H7585 — שְׁאוֹל
she.ol · hell: Sheol · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 37:35 · שְׁאֹ֑לָהAnd all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.Genesis 42:38 · שְׁאֽוֹלָה׃And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left: if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.Genesis 44:29 · שְׁאֹֽלָה׃and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.Genesis 44:31 · שְׁאֹֽלָה׃it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.Numbers 16:30 · שְׁאֹ֑לָהBut if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then ye shall understand that these men have despised Jehovah.Numbers 16:33 · שְׁאֹ֑לָהSo they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly.Deuteronomy 32:22 · שְׁא֣וֹלFor a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.1 Samuel 2:6 · שְׁא֖וֹלJehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.2 Samuel 22:6 · שְׁא֖וֹלThe cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.1 Kings 2:6 · שְׁאֹֽל׃ סDo therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.1 Kings 2:9 · שְׁאֽוֹל׃Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for thou art a wise man; and thou wilt know what thou oughtest to do unto him, and thou shalt bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood.Job 7:9 · שְׁ֝א֗וֹלAs the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.Job 11:8 · מִ֝שְּׁא֗וֹלIt is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?Job 14:13 · בִּשְׁא֬וֹלOh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!Job 17:13 · שְׁא֣וֹלIf I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;Job 17:16 · שְׁאֹ֣לIt shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.Job 21:13 · שְׁא֣וֹלThey spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.Job 24:19 · שְׁא֣וֹלDrought and heat consume the snow waters: So doth Sheol those that have sinned.Job 26:6 · שְׁא֣וֹלSheol is naked before God, And Abaddon hath no covering.Psalm 6:5 · בִּ֝שְׁא֗וֹלFor in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?Psalm 9:17 · לִשְׁא֑וֹלָהThe wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.Psalm 16:10 · לִשְׁא֑וֹלFor thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.Psalm 18:5 · שְׁא֣וֹלThe cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.Psalm 30:3 · שְׁא֣וֹלO Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.Psalm 31:17 · לִשְׁאֽוֹל׃Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; for I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.Psalm 49:14 · לִֽשְׁא֣וֹל · שְׁא֗וֹלThey are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.Psalm 49:15 · שְׁא֑וֹלBut God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. [SelahPsalm 55:15 · שְׁא֣וֹלLet death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.Psalm 86:13 · מִשְּׁא֥וֹלFor great is thy lovingkindness toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.Psalm 88:3 · לִשְׁא֥וֹלFor my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.Psalm 89:48 · שְׁא֣וֹלWhat man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? [SelahPsalm 116:3 · שְׁא֣וֹלThe cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.Psalm 139:8 · שְּׁא֣וֹלIf I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.Psalm 141:7 · שְׁאֽוֹל׃As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.Proverbs 1:12 · כִּשְׁא֣וֹלLet us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;Proverbs 5:5 · שְׁ֝א֗וֹלHer feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;Proverbs 7:27 · שְׁא֣וֹלHer house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.Proverbs 9:18 · שְׁא֣וֹלBut he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.Proverbs 15:11 · שְׁא֣וֹלSheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah: How much more then the hearts of the children of men!Proverbs 15:24 · מִשְּׁא֥וֹלTo the wise the way of life goeth upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.Proverbs 23:14 · מִשְּׁא֥וֹלThou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.Proverbs 27:20 · שְׁא֣וֹלSheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.Proverbs 30:16 · שְׁאוֹל֮Sheol; and the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough.Ecclesiastes 9:10 · בִּשְׁא֕וֹלWhatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.Song of Solomon 8:6 · כִשְׁא֖וֹלSet me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah.Isaiah 5:14 · שְּׁאוֹל֙Therefore Sheol hath enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth among them, descend into it.Isaiah 7:11 · שְׁאָ֔לָהAsk thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.Isaiah 14:9 · שְׁא֗וֹלSheol from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.Isaiah 14:11 · שְׁא֛וֹלThy pomp is brought down to Sheol, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.Isaiah 14:15 · שְׁא֛וֹלYet thou shalt be brought down to Sheol, to the uttermost parts of the pit.Isaiah 28:15 · שְׁא֖וֹלBecause ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:Isaiah 28:18 · שְׁא֖וֹלAnd your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.Isaiah 38:10 · שְׁא֑וֹלI said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.Isaiah 38:18 · שְׁא֛וֹלFor Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.Isaiah 57:9 · שְׁאֽוֹל׃And thou wentest to the king with oil, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thine ambassadors far off, and didst debase thyself even unto Sheol.Hosea 13:14 · שְׁאוֹל֙ · שְׁא֔וֹלI will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy destruction? repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.Amos 9:2 · בִשְׁא֔וֹלThough they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.Jonah 2:2 · שְׁא֛וֹלAnd he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, And thou heardest my voice.Habakkuk 2:5 · כִּשְׁא֜וֹלYea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.