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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 Box Gen 37:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 - But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:29 - If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs in evil to Sheol.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:31 - as soon as he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - But if the LORD creates something new, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:33 - So they and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol, and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22 - For a fire is kindled by my anger,
and it burns to the depths of Sheol,
devours the earth and its increase,
and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:6 - The LORD kills and brings to life;
he brings down to Sheol and raises up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6 - the cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:6 - Act therefore according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:9 - Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:9 - As the cloud fades and vanishes,
so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:8 - It is higher than heaven[fn]—what can you do?
Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 - Oh that you would hide me in Sheol,
that you would conceal me until your wrath be past,
that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:13 - If I hope for Sheol as my house,
if I make my bed in darkness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:16 - Will it go down to the bars of Sheol?
Shall we descend together into the dust?”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:13 - They spend their days in prosperity,
and in peace they go down to Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19 - Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters;
so does Sheol those who have sinned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:6 - Sheol is naked before God,[fn]
and Abaddon has no covering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:5 - For in death there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who will give you praise?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:17 - The wicked shall return to Sheol,
all the nations that forget God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:10 - For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
or let your holy one see corruption.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 - the cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:3 - O LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol;
you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:17 - O LORD, let me not be put to shame,
for I call upon you;
let the wicked be put to shame;
let them go silently to Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 - Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
death shall be their shepherd,
and the upright shall rule over them in the morning.
Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:15 - But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
for he will receive me. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:15 - Let death steal over them;
let them go down to Sheol alive;
for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:13 - For great is your steadfast love toward me;
you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:3 - For my soul is full of troubles,
and my life draws near to Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:48 - What man can live and never see death?
Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:3 - The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:8 - If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:7 - As when one plows and breaks up the earth,
so shall our bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12 - like Sheol let us swallow them alive,
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 follow the path to[fn] Sheol;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:27 - Her house is the way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:18 - But he does not know that the dead[fn] are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:11 - Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD;
how much more the hearts of the children of man!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 - The path of life leads upward for the prudent,
that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:14 - If you strike him with the rod,
you will save his soul from Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:20 - Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
and never satisfied are the eyes of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:16 - Sheol, the barren womb,
the land never satisfied with water,
and the fire that 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 your might,[fn] for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 - Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as a seal upon your arm,
for love is strong as death,
jealousy[fn] is fierce as the grave.[fn]
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
the very flame of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:14 - Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite
and opened its mouth beyond measure,
and the nobility of Jerusalem[fn] and her multitude will go down,
her revelers and he who exults in her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:11 - “Ask a sign of the LORD your[fn] God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:9 - Sheol beneath is stirred up
to meet you when you come;
it rouses the shades to greet you,
all who were leaders of the earth;
it raises from their thrones
all who were kings of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:11 - Your pomp is brought down to Sheol,
the sound of your harps;
maggots are laid as a bed beneath you,
and worms are your covers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:15 - But you are brought down to Sheol,
to the far reaches of the pit.

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