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 into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus 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 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.Genesis 44:29 · שְׁאֹֽלָה׃And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.Genesis 44:31 · שְׁאֹֽלָה׃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.Numbers 16:30 · שְׁאֹ֑לָהBut 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.Numbers 16:33 · שְׁאֹ֑לָהThey, 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.Deuteronomy 32:22 · שְׁא֣וֹלFor 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.1 Samuel 2:6 · שְׁא֖וֹלThe LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.2 Samuel 22:6 · שְׁא֖וֹלThe sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;1 Kings 2:6 · שְׁאֹֽל׃ סDo therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.1 Kings 2:9 · שְׁאֽוֹל׃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.Job 7:9 · שְׁ֝א֗וֹל[As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more].Job 11:8 · מִ֝שְּׁא֗וֹל[It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?Job 14:13 · בִּשְׁא֬וֹלO 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!Job 17:13 · שְׁא֣וֹלIf I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.Job 17:16 · שְׁאֹ֣לThey shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest together [is] in the dust.Job 21:13 · שְׁא֣וֹלThey spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.Job 24:19 · שְׁא֣וֹלDrought and heat consume the snow waters: [so doth] the grave [those which] have sinned.Job 26:6 · שְׁא֣וֹלHell [is] naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.Psalm 6:5 · בִּ֝שְׁא֗וֹלFor in death [there is] no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?Psalm 9:17 · לִשְׁא֑וֹלָהThe wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.Psalm 16:10 · לִשְׁא֑וֹלFor thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.Psalm 18:5 · שְׁא֣וֹלThe sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.Psalm 30:3 · שְׁא֣וֹלO LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.Psalm 31:17 · לִשְׁאֽוֹל׃Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, [and] let them be silent in the grave.Psalm 49:14 · לִֽשְׁא֣וֹל · שְׁא֗וֹלLike sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.Psalm 49:15 · שְׁא֑וֹלBut God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.Psalm 55:15 · שְׁא֣וֹלLet death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them.Psalm 86:13 · מִשְּׁא֥וֹלFor great [is] thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.Psalm 88:3 · לִשְׁא֥וֹלFor my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.Psalm 89:48 · שְׁא֣וֹלWhat man [is he that] liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.Psalm 116:3 · שְׁא֣וֹלThe sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell 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 hell, behold, thou [art there].Psalm 141:7 · שְׁאֽוֹל׃Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth [wood] upon the earth.Proverbs 1:12 · כִּשְׁא֣וֹלLet us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:Proverbs 5:5 · שְׁ֝א֗וֹלHer feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.Proverbs 7:27 · שְׁא֣וֹלHer house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.Proverbs 9:18 · שְׁא֣וֹלBut he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.Proverbs 15:11 · שְׁא֣וֹלHell and destruction [are] before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?Proverbs 15:24 · מִשְּׁא֥וֹלThe way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.Proverbs 23:14 · מִשְּׁא֥וֹלThou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.Proverbs 27:20 · שְׁא֣וֹלHell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.Proverbs 30:16 · שְׁאוֹל֮The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled with water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is] 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 the grave, whither thou goest.Song of Solomon 8:6 · כִשְׁא֖וֹלSet me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love [is] strong as death; jealousy [is] cruel as the grave: the coals thereof [are] coals of fire, [which hath] a most vehement flame.Isaiah 5:14 · שְּׁאוֹל֙Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.Isaiah 7:11 · שְׁאָ֔לָהAsk thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.Isaiah 14:9 · שְׁא֗וֹלHell 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 the grave, [and] the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.Isaiah 14:15 · שְׁא֛וֹלYet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.Isaiah 28:15 · שְׁא֖וֹלBecause ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell 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 disannulled, and your agreement with hell 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 cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.Isaiah 38:18 · שְׁא֛וֹלFor the grave cannot praise thee, death can [not] 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 ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase [thyself even] unto hell.Hosea 13:14 · שְׁאוֹל֙ · שְׁא֔וֹלI will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.Amos 9:2 · בִשְׁא֔וֹלThough they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:Jonah 2:2 · שְׁא֛וֹלAnd said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, [and] thou heardest my voice.Habakkuk 2:5 · כִּשְׁא֜וֹלYea also, because he transgresseth by wine, [he is] a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and [is] as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: