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Lexicon :: Strong's H7585 - šᵊ'ôl

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שְׁאוֹל
Transliteration
šᵊ'ôl
Pronunciation
sheh-ole'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2303c

Strong’s Definitions

שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl, sheh-ole'; or שְׁאֹל shᵉʼôl; from H7592; hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates:—grave, hell, pit.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x

The KJV translates Strong's H7585 in the following manner: grave (31x), hell (31x), pit (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x
The KJV translates Strong's H7585 in the following manner: grave (31x), hell (31x), pit (3x).

  1. sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit

    1. the underworld

    2. Sheol - the OT designation for the abode of the dead

      1. place of no return

      2. without praise of God

      3. wicked sent there for punishment

      4. righteous not abandoned to it

      5. of the place of exile (fig)

      6. of extreme degradation in sin

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl, sheh-ole'; or שְׁאֹל shᵉʼôl; from H7592; hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates:—grave, hell, pit.
STRONGS H7585: Abbreviations
† שְׁאוֺל, שְׁאֹל noun femininePsalm 86:13 (apparently masculine Job 26:6 compare Isaiah 14:9, see AlbrZAW xvi(1896), 51) She’ôl, underworld (√ dubious; שׁאל, i.e. palce of inquiry (reference to necromancy) JastrAmos. Jsem. Lang. xiv. 170. cf JBL xix (1900), 88 ff. (JeremiasLebenn. d. Tode 109 'Ort der Entscheidung'); Thes BöDe Inf. § 158 Di and others compare √ שׁעל, whence שֹׁעַל hallow hand, etc.; שׁ׳ then = hallow place, 'Hölle', hell; other conjectures see HupPsalm 6:6 DeIsaiah 5:14 BeerBibl. Hades in HoltzmannFestgabe, 1902, 15; most now refrain from positive etymology (e.g. Buhl); Old Aramaic שאול, Syriac bdb098201; Assyrian šu-alu is dubious: so reads and interprets DlPa 121, Prol. 47. 145 JastrAmos. J. Semitic Lang. xiv. 165 ff. Ency. Bibs.v.; opposed to by BertinTSBA viii. 269 JenKosmol. 223 ff. ZimKAT 3. 636 and others; see also Muss-ArnoltJBL xi (1892), 169 and references); — always absolute, שְׁאוֺל Deuteronomy 32:22 + 52 times,הָ֯ Genesis 42:38; Psalm 9:18; שְׁאֹל 1 Kings 2:6; Job 17:16, הָ֯ Genesis 37:35 +7 times; + Isaiah 7:11 (so read for שְׁאָ֫לָה Aq Σ Θ Du Che and now most); —
1. the underworld, תַּחְתִּית שׁ׳ Deuteronomy 32:22, מִתַּחַת Isaiah 14:9; מִ֑טָּה מִשּׁ׳ Proverbs 15:24; || מָוֶת Proverbs 5:5; Proverbs 7:27; Songs 8:6; Psalm 89:49; whither men descend at death, Genesis 37:35 (E), Genesis 42:38; Genesis 44:29, 31 (J), 1 Samuel 2:6; 1 Kings 2:6, 9; Job 7:9; Job 21:13; Isaiah 14:11, 15; Psalm 88:4, and Korah and associates go down alive by י׳'s judgment, Numbers 16:30, 33 (J), compare Psalm 55:16; under mountains and sea Job 26:6 (compare Job 26:5), בֶּטֶן שׁ׳ Jonah 2:3 (compare Jonah 2:7); with bars Job 17:16 (si vera lectio: see Greek Version of the LXX Du); שׁ׳ פִּי Psalm 141:7; שַׁעֲרֵי שׁ׳ Isaiah 38:10; personified Isaiah 28:15, 18 (|| מות). as insatiable monster Isaiah 5:14; Habakkuk 2:5; Proverbs 1:12; Proverbs 27:20; Proverbs 30:16; as said (figurative) to have snares, חֶבְלֵי שׁ׳ Psalm 18:6 = 2 Samuel 22:6 compare מְצָרֵי שׁ׳ Psalm 116:3; opposed to (height of) שָׁמַיִם Amos 9:2; Job 11:8; Psalm 139:8 + (opposed to לְמָ֑עְלָה) Isaiah 7:11 (see above); dark, gloomy, without return Job 17:13 (compare Job 17:16; Job 7:9; Job 10:21; Job 16:22; all being alike Job 3:17-19; Job 21:23-26); without work or knowledge or wisdom according to Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6, 10 (compare Job 14:21, and see רְפָאִים below רפה; yet compare Isaiah 14:9f.).
2. condition of righteous and wicked distinguished in שׁ׳ (later than 1 Samuel 28, especially in Wisdom Literature):
a. wicked יָשׁוּבוּ לִשְׁא֑וֺלָה Psalm 9:18, יִדְּמוּ לִשׁ׳ Psalm 31:18; death is their shepherd, without power and honour they waste away Psalm 49:15 (twice in verse); שׁ׳ consumes them as drought water Job 24:19; righteous dread it because no praise or presence of God there (as in temple) Psalm 6:6 (compare Psalm 88:5), Isaiah 38:18; deliverance from it a blessing Psalm 30:4; Psalm 86:13; Proverbs 23:14. In Ezek. שׁ׳ is land below, place of reproach, abode of uncircumcised Ezekiel 31:15, 16, 17; Ezekiel 32:21, 27
b. righteous shall not be abandoned, לשׁ׳ Ezekiel 16:10 (|| שַׁחַת which see; opposed to אִרַח חַיִּים etc., Ezekiel 16:11, compare Ezekiel 17:15), is ransomed from שׁ׳ Ezek 49:16 (compare Ezek 73:23; Ezek 73:25; Isaiah 57:1, 2); compare Job's expectation and desire Job 14:13; Job 17:13 (compare Job 10:21; Job 19:25f.).
3. later distinction of places in שׁ׳ :
a. depths of שׁ׳ for sensualist Proverbs 9:18.
b. וַאֲבַדּוֺן שׁ׳ Proverbs 25:11, see אֲבַדּוֺן. [שַׁחַת and בּוֺר, which see, when || שׁ׳, are usually in bad sense (Psalm 88:4); probably = pit in שׁ׳, > שׁ׳ itself as pit; words at least prepare for local distinctions of post-Biblical Judaism and NT.]
4. שׁ׳ figurative of extreme degradation in sin Isaiah 57:9; as place of exile for Israel Hosea 13:14 (twice in verse) (compare Isaiah 26:19).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

37:35; 37:35; 42:38; 42:38; 44:29; 44:31

Numbers

16:30; 16:33

Deuteronomy

32:22; 32:22

1 Samuel

2:6; 28

2 Samuel

22:6

1 Kings

2:6; 2:6; 2:9

Job

3:17; 3:18; 3:19; 7:9; 7:9; 10:21; 10:21; 11:8; 14:13; 14:21; 16:22; 17:13; 17:13; 17:16; 17:16; 17:16; 19:25; 21:13; 21:23; 21:24; 21:25; 21:26; 24:19; 26:5; 26:6; 26:6

Psalms

6:6; 6:6; 9:18; 9:18; 18:6; 30:4; 31:18; 49:15; 55:16; 86:13; 86:13; 88:4; 88:4; 88:5; 89:49; 116:3; 139:8; 141:7

Proverbs

1:12; 5:5; 7:27; 9:18; 15:24; 23:14; 25:11; 27:20; 30:16

Ecclesiastes

9:5; 9:6; 9:10

Song of Songs

8:6

Isaiah

5:14; 5:14; 7:11; 7:11; 14:9; 14:9; 14:9; 14:11; 14:15; 26:19; 28:15; 28:18; 38:10; 38:18; 57:1; 57:2; 57:9

Ezekiel

16:10; 16:11; 17:15; 31:15; 31:16; 31:17; 32:21; 32:27

Hosea

13:14

Amos

9:2

Jonah

2:3; 2:7

Habakkuk

2:5

H7585

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Strong's Number H7585 matches the Hebrew שְׁאוֹל (šᵊ'ôl),
which occurs 66 times in 64 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 37:35–Isa 14:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave.” So his father wept for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 - But Jacob said, “My son will not go down there with you; his brother is dead and he is the only one left. If harm comes to him on the journey you are taking, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in sorrow.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:29 - If you take this one from me too and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in misery.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:31 - sees that the boy isn’t there, he will die. Your servants will bring the gray head of our father down to the grave in sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - But if the LORD brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the realm of the dead, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:33 - They went down alive into the realm of the dead, with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22 - For a fire will be kindled by my wrath, one that burns down to the realm of the dead below. It will devour the earth and its harvests and set afire the foundations of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:6 - “The LORD brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6 - The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:6 - Deal with him according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:9 - But now, do not consider him innocent. You are a man of wisdom; you will know what to do to him. Bring his gray head down to the grave in blood.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:9 - As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so one who goes down to the grave does not return.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:8 - They are higher than the heavens above—what can you do? They are deeper than the depths below—what can you know?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 - “If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set me a time and then remember me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:13 - If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in the realm of darkness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:16 - Will it go down to the gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:13 - They spend their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19 - As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow, so the grave snatches away those who have sinned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:6 - The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction[fn] lies uncovered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:5 - Among the dead no one proclaims your name. Who praises you from the grave?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:17 - The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:10 - because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful[fn] one see decay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 - The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:3 - You, LORD, brought me up from the realm of the dead; you spared me from going down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:17 - Let me not be put to shame, LORD, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and be silent in the realm of the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 - They are like sheep and are destined to die; death will be their shepherd (but the upright will prevail over them in the morning). Their forms will decay in the grave, far from their princely mansions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:15 - But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:15 - Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the realm of the dead, for evil finds lodging among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:13 - For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths, from the realm of the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:3 - I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:48 - Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:3 - The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:8 - If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:7 - They will say, “As one plows and breaks up the earth, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12 - let’s swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:5 - Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:27 - Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:18 - But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:11 - Death and Destruction[fn] lie open before the LORD— how much more do human hearts!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 - The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:14 - Punish them with the rod and save them from death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:20 - Death and Destruction[fn] are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:16 - the grave, the barren womb, land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:10 - Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 - Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy[fn] unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:14 - Therefore Death expands its jaws, opening wide its mouth; into it will descend their nobles and masses with all their brawlers and revelers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:11 - “Ask the LORD your God for a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:9 - The realm of the dead below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you— all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones— all those who were kings over the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:11 - All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:15 - But you are brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit.

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