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Lexicon :: Strong's G86 - hadēs

Aa
ᾅδης
Transliteration
hadēs (Key)
Pronunciation
hah'-dace
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as negative particle) and εἴδω (G1492)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:146,22

Strong’s Definitions

†ᾅδης háidēs, hah'-dace; from G1 (as negative particle) and G1492; properly, unseen, i.e. "Hades" or the place (state) of departed souls:—grave, hell.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G86 in the following manner: hell (10x), grave (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G86 in the following manner: hell (10x), grave (1x).

  1. name Hades or Pluto, the god of the lower regions

  2. Orcus, the nether world, the realm of the dead

  3. later use of this word: the grave, death, hell

    In Biblical Greek it is associated with Orcus, the infernal regions, a dark and dismal place in the very depths of the earth, the common receptacle of disembodied spirits. Usually Hades is just the abode of the wicked, Luk 16:23, Rev 20:13, 14; a very uncomfortable place. (TDNT)
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ᾅδης háidēs, hah'-dace; from G1 (as negative particle) and G1492; properly, unseen, i.e. "Hades" or the place (state) of departed souls:—grave, hell.
STRONGS G86:
Ἅιδης, ᾅδης, -ου, ὁ, (for the older Ἀΐδης, which Homer uses, and this from α privative and ἰδεῖν, not to be seen [cf. Lob. Path. Element. 2:6f]); in the classics
1. a proper name, Hades, Pluto, the god of the lower regions; so in Homer always.
2. an appellative, Orcus, the nether world, the realm of the dead [cf. Theocritus, idyll. 2,159 schol. τὴν τοῦ ᾅδου κρούει πύλην· τοῦτ’ ἔστιν ἀποθανεῖται.
In the Sept. the Hebrew שְׁאול is almost always rendered by this word (once by θάνατος, 2 Samuel 22:6); it denotes, therefore, in Biblical Greek Orcus, the infernal regions, a dark (Job 10:21) and dismal place (but cf. γέεννα and παράδεισος) in the very depths of the earth (Job 11:8; Isaiah 57:9; Amos 9:2, etc.; see ἄβυσσος), the common receptacle of disembodied spirits: Luke 16:23; εἰς ᾅδου namely, δόμον, Acts 2:27, 31, according to a very common ellipsis, cf. Winers Grammar, 592 (550) [Buttmann, 171 (149)]; (but L T Tr WH in Acts 2:27 and T WH in both verses read εἰς ᾅδην; so the Sept. Psalm 15:10 (Ps. 16:10)); πύλαι ᾅδου, Matthew 16:18 (πυλωροὶ ᾅδου, Job 38:17; see πύλη); κλεῖς τοῦ ᾅδου, Revelation 1:18; Hades as a power is personified, 1 Corinthians 15:55 (where L T Tr WH read θάνατε for R G ᾅδη [cf. Acts 2:24 Tr marginal reading]); Revelation 6:8; Revelation 20:13f. Metaphorically, ἕως ᾅδου [καταβαίνειν or] καταβιβάζεσθαι to [go or] be thrust down into the depth of misery and disgrace: Matthew 11:23 [here L Tr WH καταβαίνειν]; Luke 10:15 [here Tr marginal reading WH text καταβαίνειν]. [See especially Boettcher, De Inferis, under the word Ἅιδης in Greek index. On the existence and locality of Hades cf. Greswell on the Parables, Appendix, chapter x, vol. v, part ii, pp. 261-406; on the doctrinal significance of the word see the BB. DD. and E. R. Craven in Lange on Revelation, pp. 364-377.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
22:6
Job
10:21; 11:8; 38:17
Psalms
16:10
Isaiah
57:9
Amos
9:2
Matthew
11:23; 16:18
Luke
10:15; 16:23
Acts
2:24; 2:27; 2:27; 2:31
1 Corinthians
15:55
Revelation
1:18; 6:8; 20:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G86 matches the Greek ᾅδης (hadēs),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:23 - καὶ σύ Καφαρναούμ μὴ ἕως οὐρανοῦ ὑψωθήσῃ ἕως ᾅδου G86 καταβήσῃ ὅτι εἰ ἐν Σοδόμοις ἐγενήθησαν αἱ δυνάμεις αἱ γενόμεναι ἐν σοί ἔμεινεν ἂν μέχρι τῆς σήμερον

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:18 - κἀγὼ δέ σοι λέγω ὅτι σὺ εἶ Πέτρος καὶ ἐπὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πέτρᾳ οἰκοδομήσω μου τὴν ἐκκλησίαν καὶ πύλαι ᾅδου G86 οὐ κατισχύσουσιν αὐτῆς

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:15 - καὶ σύ Καφαρναούμ μὴ ἕως οὐρανοῦ ὑψωθήσῃ ἕως τοῦ ᾅδου G86 καταβήσῃ

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:23 - καὶ ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ G86 ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ ὑπάρχων ἐν βασάνοις ὁρᾷ Ἀβραὰμ ἀπὸ μακρόθεν καὶ Λάζαρον ἐν τοῖς κόλποις αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:27 - ὅτι οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψεις τὴν ψυχήν μου εἰς ᾅδην G86 οὐδὲ δώσεις τὸν ὅσιόν σου ἰδεῖν διαφθοράν

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:31 - προϊδὼν ἐλάλησεν περὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὅτι οὔτε ἐγκατελείφθη εἰς ᾅδην G86 οὔτε ἡ σὰρξ αὐτοῦ εἶδεν διαφθοράν

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:55

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:55 - ποῦ σου θάνατε τὸ νῖκος ποῦ σου θάνατε τὸ κέντρον

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:18 - καὶ ὁ ζῶν καὶ ἐγενόμην νεκρὸς καὶ ἰδοὺ ζῶν εἰμι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων καὶ ἔχω τὰς κλεῖς τοῦ θανάτου καὶ τοῦ ᾅδου G86

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:8 - καὶ εἶδον καὶ ἰδοὺ ἵππος χλωρός καὶ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ ὄνομα αὐτῷ ὁ θάνατος καὶ ὁ ᾅδης G86 ἠκολούθει μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς ἐξουσία ἐπὶ τὸ τέταρτον τῆς γῆς ἀποκτεῖναι ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ καὶ ἐν λιμῷ καὶ ἐν θανάτῳ καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν θηρίων τῆς γῆς

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:13 - καὶ ἔδωκεν ἡ θάλασσα τοὺς νεκροὺς τοὺς ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ ὁ θάνατος καὶ ὁ ᾅδης G86 ἔδωκαν τοὺς νεκροὺς τοὺς ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐκρίθησαν ἕκαστος κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:14 - καὶ ὁ θάνατος καὶ ὁ ᾅδης G86 ἐβλήθησαν εἰς τὴν λίμνην τοῦ πυρός οὗτος ὁ θάνατος ὁ δεύτερός ἐστιν ἡ λίμνη τοῦ πυρός
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