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Lexicon :: Strong's H7585 - šᵊ'ôl

Aa
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - Then all H3605 his sons H1121 and all H3605 his daughters H1323 got H6965 up H6965 to comfort H5162 him, but he refused H3985 to be comforted H5162. And he said H559, “Surely H3588 I will go H3381 down H3381 to Sheol H7585 in mourning H57 for my son H1121.” So his father H1 wept H1058 for him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 - But [fn]Jacob said H559, “My son H1121 shall not go H3381 down H3381 with you; for his brother H251 is dead H4191, and he alone H905 is left H7604. If harm H611 should happen H7122 to him on the journey H1870 [fn]you are taking H1980, then you will bring H3381 my gray H7872 hair H7872 down H3381 to Sheol H7585 in sorrow H3015.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:29 - ‘If you also H1571 take H3947 this H2088 one H2088 from [fn]me, and harm H611 happens H7136 to him, you will bring H3381 my gray H7872 hair H7872 down H3381 to Sheol H7585 in [fn]sorrow H7451.’
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:31 - when he sees H7200 that the boy H5288 is not with us, he will die H4191. So your servants H5650 will bring H3381 the gray H7872 hair H7872 of your servant H5650, our father H1, down H3381 to Sheol H7585 in sorrow H3015.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - “But if H518 the LORD H3068 [fn]brings H1254 about H1254 an entirely H1278 new H1278 thing H1278 and the ground H127 opens H6475 its mouth H6310 and swallows H1104 them with everything H3605 that is theirs H1992, and they descend H3381 alive H2416 into [fn]Sheol H7585, then you will know H3045 that these H428 men H376 have been H5006 disrespectful H5006 to the LORD H3068.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:33 - So they and all H3605 that belonged to them went H3381 down H3381 alive H2416 to [fn]Sheol H7585; and the earth H776 closed H3680 over H5921 them, and they perished H6 from the midst H8432 of the assembly H6951.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22 -

For a fire H784 has flared H6919 in My anger H639,

And it burns H3344 to the lowest H8482 part H8482 of [fn]Sheol H7585,

And devours H398 the earth H776 with its yield H2981,

And sets H3857 on H3857 fire H3857 the foundations H4144 of the mountains H2022.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:6 -

“The LORD H3068 puts H4191 to H4191 death H4191 and makes H2421 alive H2421;

He brings H3381 down H3381 to [fn]Sheol H7585 and brings H5927 up H5927.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6 -

The ropes H2256 of [fn]Sheol H7585 surrounded H5437 me;

The snares H4170 of death H4194 confronted H6923 me.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:6 - “So act H6213 as your wisdom H2451 dictates, and do not let his gray H7872 hair H7872 go H3381 down H3381 to [fn]Sheol H7585 in peace H7965.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:9 - “But now H6258 do not leave H5352 him unpunished H5352, for you are a wise H2450 man H376; and you will know H3045 what H834 to do H6213 to him, and you will bring H3381 his gray H7872 hair H7872 down H3381 to [fn]Sheol H7585 with blood H1818.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:9 -

“When a cloud H6051 vanishes H3615, it is gone H1980;

In H3651 the H3651 same H3651 way H3651 one who goes H3381 down H3381 to [fn]Sheol H7585 does not come H5927 up H5927.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:8 -

They are as high H1363 as [fn]the heavens H8064; what H4100 can you do H6466?

Deeper H6013 than H4480 [fn]Sheol H7585; what H4100 can you know H3045?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 -

“Oh H4310 H5414 that H4310 H5414 You would hide H6845 me in [fn]Sheol H7585,

That You would conceal H5641 me until H5704 Your wrath H639 returns H7725 to You,

That You would set H7896 a limit H2706 for me and remember H2142 me!

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:13 -

“If H518 I hope H6960 for [fn]Sheol H7585 as my home H1004,

I [fn]make H7502 my bed H3326 in the darkness H2822;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:16 -

[fn]Will it go H3381 down H3381 with me to Sheol H7585?

Shall we together H3162 go H5181 down H5181 into the dust H6083?”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:13 -

“They spend H1086 their days H3117 in prosperity H2896,

And [fn]suddenly H7281 they go H5181 down H5181 to [fn]Sheol H7585.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19 -

“Dryness H6723 and heat H2527 snatch H1497 away H1497 the snow H7950 waters H4325,

As [fn]Sheol H7585 snatches those who have sinned H2398.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:6 -

[fn]Sheol H7585 is naked H6174 before H5048 Him,

And [fn]Abaddon H11 has H369 no H369 covering H3682.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:5 -

For there H369 is H369 no H369 [fn]mention H2143 of You in death H4194;

In [fn]Sheol H7585, who H4310 will praise H3034 You?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:17 -

The wicked H7563 will [fn]return H7725 to [fn]Sheol H7585,

All H3605 the nations H1471 who forget H7913 God H430.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:10 -

For You will not abandon H5800 my soul H5315 to [fn]Sheol H7585;

You will not [fn]allow H5414 Your [fn]Holy H2623 One H2623 to [fn]undergo H7845 decay H7845.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 -

The ropes H2256 of [fn]Sheol H7585 surrounded H5437 me;

The snares H4170 of death H4194 confronted H6923 me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:3 -

LORD H3068, You have brought H5927 up H5927 my soul H5315 from [fn]Sheol H7585;

You have kept H2421 me alive H2421, [fn]that I would not go H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:17 -

Let me not be put H954 to H954 shame H954, LORD H3068, for I call H7121 upon You;

Let the wicked H7563 be put H954 to H954 shame H954, let them be H1826 silent H1826 in [fn]Sheol H7585.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 -

Like sheep H6629 they sink H7743 down H7743 to [fn]Sheol H7585;

Death H4194 will be their shepherd H7462;

And the upright H3477 will rule H7287 over them in the morning H1242,

And their form H6736 shall be for [fn]Sheol H7585 to consume H1086

[fn]So H4480 that H4480 they have no H4480 lofty H2073 home H2073.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:15 -

But God H430 will redeem H6299 my soul H5315 from the [fn]power H3027 of [fn]Sheol H7585,

For He will receive H3947 me. Selah H5542

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:15 -

May [fn]death H4194 come deceitfully H5378 upon them;

May they go H3381 down H3381 alive H2416 to [fn]Sheol H7585,

For evil H7451 is in their dwelling H4033, in their midst H7130.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:13 -

For Your graciousness H2617 toward H5921 me is great H1419,

And You have saved H5337 my soul H5315 from the [fn]depths H8482 of [fn]Sheol H7585.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:3 -

For my soul H5315 has [fn]had H7646 enough H7646 troubles H7451,

And my life H2416 has approached H5060 [fn]Sheol H7585.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:48 -

What H4310 man H1397 can live H2421 and not see H7200 death H4194?

Can he save H4422 his soul H5315 from the [fn]power H3027 of [fn]Sheol H7585? Selah H5542

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:3 -

The snares H2256 of death H4194 encompassed H661 me

And the [fn]terrors H4712 of [fn]Sheol H7585 [fn]came H4672 upon H4672 me;

I found H4672 distress H6869 and sorrow H3015.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:8 -

If H518 I ascend H5559 to heaven H8064, You are there H8033;

If I make H3331 my bed H3331 in [fn]Sheol H7585, behold H2009, You are there.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:7 -

As when one plows H6398 and breaks H1234 open H1234 the earth H776,

Our bones H6106 have been scattered H6340 at the mouth H6310 of [fn]Sheol H7585.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12 -

Let’s swallow H1104 them alive H2416 like Sheol H7585,

Even whole H8549, like those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:5 -

Her feet H7272 go H3381 down H3381 to death H4194,

Her steps H6806 take H8551 hold H8551 of Sheol H7585.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:27 -

Her house H1004 is the way H1870 to Sheol H7585,

Descending H3381 to the chambers H2315 of death H4194.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:18 -

But he does not know H3045 that the [fn]dead H7496 are there H8033,

That her guests H7121 are in the depths H6011 of Sheol H7585.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:11 -

[fn]Sheol H7585 and [fn]Abaddon H11 lie open before H5048 the LORD H3068,

How H637 H3588 much H637 H3588 more H637 H3588 the hearts H3820 of [fn]mankind H1121 H120!

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 -

The path H734 of life H2416 leads upward H4605 for the wise H7919,

So H4616 that H4616 he may keep H5493 away H5493 from [fn]Sheol H7585 below H4295.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:14 -

You shall strike H5221 him with the rod H7626

And rescue H5337 his soul H5315 from Sheol H7585.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:20 -

[fn]Sheol H7585 and [fn]Abaddon H11 are H7646 never H3808 satisfied H7646,

Nor H3808 are the eyes H5869 of a person H120 ever satisfied H7646.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:16 -

[fn]Sheol H7585, the infertile H6115 womb H7358,

Earth H776 that is H7646 never H3808 satisfied H7646 with water H4325,

And fire H784 that never H3808 says H559, “Enough H1952.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:10 -

Whatever H3605 H834 your hand H3027 finds H4672 to do H6213, do H6213 it with all your might H3581; for there H369 is H369 no H369 activity H4639, planning H2803, knowledge H1847, or wisdom H2451 in Sheol H7585 where H834 H8033 you are going H1980.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 -

“Put H7760 me like a seal H2368 over H5921 your heart H3820,

Like a seal H2368 on your arm H2220.

For love H160 is as strong H5794 as death H4194,

[fn]Jealousy H7068 is as severe H7186 as Sheol H7585;

Its flames H7565 are flames H7565 of fire H784,

[fn]The flame H7957 of the LORD H3050.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:14 -

Therefore H3651 Sheol H7585 has enlarged H7337 its [fn]throat H5315 and opened H6473 its mouth H6310 beyond H1097 measure H2706;

And [fn]Jerusalem’s splendor H1926, her multitude H1995, her noise H7588 of revelry, and the jubilant H5938 within her, descend H3381 into it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:11 - “Ask H7592 for a sign H226 for yourself from the LORD H3068 your God H430; [fn]make H6009 it deep H6009 as Sheol H7585 or H176 high H1361 as [fn]heaven H4605.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:9 -

“Sheol H7585 below H4480 H8478 is H7264 excited H7264 about you, to meet H7122 you when you come H935;

It stirs H5782 the [fn]spirits H7496 of H7496 the H7496 dead H7496 for you, all H3605 the [fn]leaders H6260 of the earth H776;

It raises H6965 all H3605 the kings H4428 of the nations H1471 from their thrones H3678.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:11 -

‘Your pride H1347 and the music H1998 of your harps H5035

Have been brought H3381 down H3381 to Sheol H7585;

Maggots H7415 are spread H3331 out H3331 as your bed beneath H8478 you

And worms H8439 are your covering H4374.’

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:15 -

“Nevertheless H389 you will be brought H3381 down H3381 to Sheol H7585,

To the recesses H3411 of the pit H953.


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