Sheol

Examples

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• The poet described Sheol as a shadowy abode, separating the living from the departed.

• Soon enough we must all go down to Sheol.

  David and Bathsheba (1951)

• If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!

  Blog text (16)

• O LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol; you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.

  Blog text (27)

• David talked of not being able to praise Yah from Sheol.

  Blog text (23)

• All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, "No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning."

  Blog text (23)

• The Hebrews thought that Sheol was a pit deep under the earth (cf. Deut 32:22) where the righteous and unrighteous went after death - a "land of forgetfulness."

  Blog text (14)

• Even the bravest warriors fear going down to Sheol, for it is the realm of the dead.

Synonyms

H

hell

vsSheol

64 2.1

A place after death where the dead are punished in some religions

is the ancient Hebrew notion of the dead without emphasis on punishment

U

underworld

vsSheol

• Literature

61 7.2

A place where souls go after death in myths

is the ancient Hebrew version naming the neutral abode of the dead

H

Hades

vsSheol

• Literature

36 8.4

The place of the dead in Greek myths where souls go after death

is the ancient Hebrew belief about the dead rather than the Greek ruled realm

N

netherworld

vsSheol

• Literature

9 8.8

A dark world below the earth where the dead live

is the term from ancient Hebrew belief rather than general myth traditions

I

infernal region

vsSheol

• Literature

1 9.9

A place of suffering for the dead in religious stories

is the ancient Hebrew idea of the dead as a neutral dwelling not torment

Surface Forms

Etymology