Strong G5020ταρταρόω
hell: Tartarus
- Transliteration
- tartaroō
- Pronunciation
- tar-tar-o'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From Τάρταρος Tartaros̄ (the deepest abyss of Hades); to incarcerate in eternal torment: - cast down to hell.
Meaning of the name
to send to hell, hold captive in Tartarus; a derivative of the Greek noun "Tartarus," a place of torture and torment lower than Hades in Greek and Jewish apocalyptic literature, not found in the NT condemn
Detailed definition
ταρταρόω, -ῶ
(Τάρταρος, a Greek name for the underworld, esp. the abode of the damned),
to cast into hell: 2Pe.2:4 (see Mayor, in l).†
(AS)
(Τάρταρος, a Greek name for the underworld, esp. the abode of the damned),
to cast into hell: 2Pe.2:4 (see Mayor, in l).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5020 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cast1
- hell1
First verses
- 2 Peter 2:4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
Ταρτᾰρ-όω,
cast into Tartarus or hell, [NT+8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Acusilaus Historicus 8 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, NT.2Pet.2.4, 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “de Mensibus” 4.158 (_passive_), Scholia T 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.296.)]
Τάρτᾰρ-ος, ὁ,
also ἡ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.15, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 203: irregular _plural_ Τάρταρα, τά, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 119, 841, etc. (_sing._ Τάρταρον, τό, 5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius, Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.312):— “Tartarus”, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.13, 481, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 807, “hymnus ad Apollinem” 336, “hymnus ad Mercurium” 256, 374, etc. (never in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”))]; later, the nether world generally, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 255)]; ἀπέραντος, κελαινός, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 154 (Lyric poetry), 1051 (_anapaest meter_))]; Ταρτάρου μελαμβαθὴς κευθμών[LXX ([prev. work] 221; σκότον νέμονται Τάρταρόν θ᾽ ὑπὸ χθονός [prev. author] “Eu.” 72, cf. LXX.Job.40.15, 41.23.)]
II personified as husband of Gaia and father of Typhoeus, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 822)]; ὦ Γᾶς παῖ καὶ Ταρτάρου, of Cerberus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1574 (Lyric poetry).)]
cast into Tartarus or hell, [NT+8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Acusilaus Historicus 8 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, NT.2Pet.2.4, 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “de Mensibus” 4.158 (_passive_), Scholia T 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.296.)]
Τάρτᾰρ-ος, ὁ,
also ἡ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.15, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 203: irregular _plural_ Τάρταρα, τά, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 119, 841, etc. (_sing._ Τάρταρον, τό, 5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius, Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.312):— “Tartarus”, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.13, 481, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 807, “hymnus ad Apollinem” 336, “hymnus ad Mercurium” 256, 374, etc. (never in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”))]; later, the nether world generally, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 255)]; ἀπέραντος, κελαινός, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 154 (Lyric poetry), 1051 (_anapaest meter_))]; Ταρτάρου μελαμβαθὴς κευθμών[LXX ([prev. work] 221; σκότον νέμονται Τάρταρόν θ᾽ ὑπὸ χθονός [prev. author] “Eu.” 72, cf. LXX.Job.40.15, 41.23.)]
II personified as husband of Gaia and father of Typhoeus, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 822)]; ὦ Γᾶς παῖ καὶ Ταρτάρου, of Cerberus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1574 (Lyric poetry).)]