Strong G86ᾍδης
hell: Hades
- Transliteration
- hadēs
- Pronunciation
- hah'-dace
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Meaning of the name
Hades, the grave, the place of the dead, "the underworld"
Detailed definition
ᾅδης, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX ehiefly for שְׁאוֹל, also for דּוּמָה, מָוֶת, etc.;]
1. in Hom., Hades (Pluto), the god of the underworld.
2. the abode of Hades, the underivorld; in NT, the abode of departed spirits, Hades: ἐν τ. ᾅ., Luk.16:23; εἰς ᾅ., Act.2:27,31; πύλαι ᾅδου, Mat.16:18; κλεῖς τοῦ ᾅ., Rev.1:18; metaphorically, ἕως ᾅ., Mat.11:23, Luk.10:15; personified, Rev.6:8 20:13,14 (Cremer, 67, 610; MM, VGT, see word).
† (AS)
[in LXX ehiefly for שְׁאוֹל, also for דּוּמָה, מָוֶת, etc.;]
1. in Hom., Hades (Pluto), the god of the underworld.
2. the abode of Hades, the underivorld; in NT, the abode of departed spirits, Hades: ἐν τ. ᾅ., Luk.16:23; εἰς ᾅ., Act.2:27,31; πύλαι ᾅδου, Mat.16:18; κλεῖς τοῦ ᾅ., Rev.1:18; metaphorically, ἕως ᾅ., Mat.11:23, Luk.10:15; personified, Rev.6:8 20:13,14 (Cremer, 67, 610; MM, VGT, see word).
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G86 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hell10
- o1
First verses
- Matthew 11:23And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
- Matthew 16:18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
- Luke 10:15And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.
- Luke 16:23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
- Acts 2:27Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- Acts 2:31He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
- 1 Corinthians 15:55O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
- Revelation 1:18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
- Revelation 6:8And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
- Revelation 20:13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
- Revelation 20:14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
Ἅιδης
or ᾅδης, ου, ὁ, Attic dialect; Epic dialect Ἀΐδης, α and ε; Doric dialect Αΐδας, α, used by Trag., in Lyric poetryand anapaest meter: genitive Αϊδος, dative Αϊδι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, Trag., see below: (perhaps ἀ- _privative_, ἰδεῖν):—in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] only as proper name [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Hades”, Ζεὺς καὶ ἐγώ, τρίτατος δ᾽ Αΐδης 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.188, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 455:)] —εἰν᾽ Αΐδαο δόμοισι in the nether world, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.834)]; frequently εἰν, εἰς Αΐδαο (i.e. δόμοις, δόμους), as [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.389, 21.48; εἰν Ἄϊδος Il 24.593)]; Trag. and Attic dialect ἐν Ἅιδου, εἰς Ἅιδου (i.e. οἴκῳ, οἶκον), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 865, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 69, etc.)]; Ἄϊδόσδε, adverb to the nether world, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.330, etc.)]; παρ᾽ Ἅιδῃ, παρ᾽ Ἅιδην, [Refs (“OT” 972, “OC” 1552:)] —hence,
2 place of departed spirits, first in [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.244 εἰσόκεν αὐτὸς.. Ἄϊδι κεύθωμα; ἐπὶ τὸν ᾅδην 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cat.” 14; εἰς ἀΐδην “Anthologia Graeca” 11.23; ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ NT.Luke.16.23.)]
II after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], the grave, death, ἀΐδαν λαγχάνειν, δέξασθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.96, “I.” 6(5).15)]; ᾅδης πόντιος death by sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 667, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 13, “Hipp.” 1047)]; ᾅδου πύλη, Astrology texts, region below the Horoscope, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 179.13.)]
II.2 genitive ᾅδου with nouns in adjectival sense, devilish, θύουσαν ᾅ. μητέρ᾽[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1235; ᾅ. μάγειρος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 397)]; fatal, deadly, δίκτυον, ξίφη ᾅ., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1115, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1399. [ᾰ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] in all forms except ᾱῐδος before vowels; ᾱῐδης [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.117, probably in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1689.])]
or ᾅδης, ου, ὁ, Attic dialect; Epic dialect Ἀΐδης, α and ε; Doric dialect Αΐδας, α, used by Trag., in Lyric poetryand anapaest meter: genitive Αϊδος, dative Αϊδι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, Trag., see below: (perhaps ἀ- _privative_, ἰδεῖν):—in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] only as proper name [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Hades”, Ζεὺς καὶ ἐγώ, τρίτατος δ᾽ Αΐδης 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.188, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 455:)] —εἰν᾽ Αΐδαο δόμοισι in the nether world, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.834)]; frequently εἰν, εἰς Αΐδαο (i.e. δόμοις, δόμους), as [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.389, 21.48; εἰν Ἄϊδος Il 24.593)]; Trag. and Attic dialect ἐν Ἅιδου, εἰς Ἅιδου (i.e. οἴκῳ, οἶκον), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 865, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 69, etc.)]; Ἄϊδόσδε, adverb to the nether world, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.330, etc.)]; παρ᾽ Ἅιδῃ, παρ᾽ Ἅιδην, [Refs (“OT” 972, “OC” 1552:)] —hence,
2 place of departed spirits, first in [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.244 εἰσόκεν αὐτὸς.. Ἄϊδι κεύθωμα; ἐπὶ τὸν ᾅδην 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cat.” 14; εἰς ἀΐδην “Anthologia Graeca” 11.23; ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ NT.Luke.16.23.)]
II after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], the grave, death, ἀΐδαν λαγχάνειν, δέξασθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.96, “I.” 6(5).15)]; ᾅδης πόντιος death by sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 667, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 13, “Hipp.” 1047)]; ᾅδου πύλη, Astrology texts, region below the Horoscope, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 179.13.)]
II.2 genitive ᾅδου with nouns in adjectival sense, devilish, θύουσαν ᾅ. μητέρ᾽[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1235; ᾅ. μάγειρος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 397)]; fatal, deadly, δίκτυον, ξίφη ᾅ., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1115, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1399. [ᾰ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] in all forms except ᾱῐδος before vowels; ᾱῐδης [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.117, probably in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1689.])]