1. Definition Of and General Scriptures Concerning

   The word used in the King James Version of the O.T.to translate the hebrew word "sheol," signifying "the unseen state", in Deuteronomy 32:22, 2 Samuel 22:6, Job 11:8, 26:6, Psalm 9:17, 16:10, 18:5, 55:15, 86:13, 116:3, 139:8, Proverbs 5:5, 7:27, 9:18, 15:11, 24, 23:14, 27:20, Isaiah 5:14, 14:9, 15, 28:15, 18, 57:9, Ezekiel 31:16, 17, 32:21, 27, Amos 9:2, Jonah 2:2, Habakkuk 2:5

2. Translations

   Of the Greek word "hades" in N.T. of King James Version, "the unseen world," Matthew 11:23, 16:18, Luke 10:15, 16:23, Acts 2:27, 31, Revelation 1:18, 6:8, 20:13, 14

   of the Greek word "gehenna," signifying "the place of torment," Matthew 5:22, 29, 30, 10:28, 18:9, 23:15, 33, Mark 9:43, 45, 47, Luke 12:5, James 3:6

   of the Greek word "tartarus," signifying "the infernal region," 2 Peter 2:4

3. Other Translations

   "Sheol" is also translated "grave" in the King James Version in Genesis 37:35, 42:38, 44:29,31, 1 Samuel 2:6, 1 Kings 2:6, 9, Job 7:9, 14:13, 17:13, 21:13, 24:19, Psalm 6:5, 30:3, 31:17, 49:14,15, 88:3, 89:48, 141:7, Proverbs 1:12, 30:16, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Song of Solomon 8:6, Isaiah 14:11, 38:10, 18, Ezekiel 31:15, Hos 13:14

    "pit," Numbers 16:30, 33, Job 17:16

4. Uses Of

   The English revisers insert the Hebrew word "sheol" in places where hell, grave, and pit were used in the A.V. as translations of the word "sheol," except in Deuteronomy 32:22, Psalm 55:15, 86:13

   and in the prophetical books. The American revisers invariably use "Sheol" in the American text, where it occurs in the original.

5. The Future Home of the Wicked Psalm 9:17, Proverbs 5:5, 9:13, 15-18, 15:24, 23:13, 14, Isaiah 30:33, 33:14, Matthew 3:12, 5:29, 30, 7:13, 14, 8:11, 12, 10:28, 13:30, 38-42, 49, 50, 16:18, 18:8, 9, 34, 35, 22:13, 25:28-30, 41, 46, Mark 9:43-48, Luke 3:17, 16:23-26, 28, Acts 1:25, 2 Thessalonians 1:9, 2 Peter 2:4, Jude 1:6-23, Revelation 2:11, 9:1, 2, 11:7, 14:10, 11, 19:20, 20:10, 15, 21:8

   See Wicked, Punishment Of