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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 arose 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 befall H7122 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 take H3947 this H2088 one H2088 also H1571 from [fn]me, and harm H611 befalls H7136 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 lad H5288 is not with us, he will die. H4191 Thus 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 up with all H3605 that is theirs, H1992 and they descend H3381 alive H2416 into [fn]Sheol, H7585 then you will understand H3045 that these H428 men H376 have spurned H5006 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 is kindled H6919 in My anger, H639
And burns H3344 to the lowest H8482 part H8482 of [fn]Sheol, H7585
And consumes H398 the earth H776 with its yield, H2981
And sets H3857 on fire H3857 the foundations H4144 of the mountains. H2022
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:6 - “The LORD H3068 kills H4191 and makes H2421 alive; H2421
He brings H3381 down H3381 to [fn]Sheol H7585 and raises H5927 up.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6 - The cords 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 according to your wisdom, H2451 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 - “Now H6258 therefore, do not let him go H5352 unpunished, H5352 for you are a wise H2450 man; H376 and you will know H3045 what H834 you ought 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
So H3651 he who goes H3381 down H3381 to Sheol H7585 does not come H5927 up.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:8 - They are 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 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 look H6960 for 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 H5183 down H5183 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 - “Drought H6723 and heat H2527 [fn]consume H1497 the snow H7950 waters, H4325
So does [fn]Sheol H7585 those who have sinned. H2398
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:6 - “Naked H6174 is [fn]Sheol H7585 before H5048 Him,
And [fn]Abaddon H11 has H369 no H369 covering. H3682
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:5 - For there H369 is no H369 [fn]mention H2143 of You in death; H4194
In [fn]Sheol H7585 who H4310 will give H3034 You thanks? H3034
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:17 - The wicked H7563 will [fn]return H7725 to [fn]Sheol, H7585
Even all H3605 the nations H1471 who H7913 forget H7913 God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:10 - For You will not abandon H5800 my soul H5315 to [fn]Sheol; H7585
Nor H3808 will You [fn]allow H5414 Your [fn]Holy H2623 One H2623 to [fn]undergo H7845 decay. H7845
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 - The cords H2256 of [fn]Sheol H7585 surrounded H5437 me;
The snares H4170 of death H4194 confronted H6923 me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:3 - O LORD, H3068 You have brought H5927 up 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 shame, H954 O LORD, H3068 for I call H7121 upon You;
Let the wicked H7563 be put H954 to shame, H954 let them be silent H1826 in [fn]Sheol. H7585
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 - As sheep H6629 they are appointed H8371 for [fn]Sheol; H7585
Death H4194 shall be their shepherd; H7462
And the upright H3477 shall 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 they have no H4480 habitation. 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 - Let [fn]death H4194 come H5378 deceitfully H5378 upon them;
Let them 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 lovingkindness H2617 toward H5921 me is great, H1419
And You have delivered 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 drawn H5060 near H5060 to [fn]Sheol. H7585
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:48 - What H4310 man H1397 can live H2421 and not see H7200 death? H4194
Can he deliver H4422 his soul H5315 from the [fn]power H3027 of [fn]Sheol? H7585 Selah. H5542
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:3 - The cords H2256 of death H4194 encompassed H661 me
And the [fn]terrors H4712 of [fn]Sheol H7585 [fn]came H4672 upon 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 us swallow H1104 them alive H2416 like Sheol, H7585
Even whole, H8549 as 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 much H637 H3588 more H637 the hearts H3820 of [fn]men! H1121 H120
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 - The path H734 of life H2416 leads upward H4605 for the wise H7919
That he may keep H5493 away H5493 from [fn]Sheol H7585 below. H4295
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:14 - You shall [fn]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 never H3808 satisfied, H7646
Nor H3808 are the eyes H5869 of man H120 ever satisfied. H7646
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:16 - [fn]Sheol, H7585 and the barren H6115 womb, H7358
Earth H776 that is 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 no H369 activity H4639 or planning H2803 or 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 [fn]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 flashes H7565 are flashes H7565 of fire, H784
[fn]The very 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 without H1097 measure; H2706
And [fn]Jerusalem’s splendor, H1926 her multitude, H1995 her din H7588 of revelry and the jubilant H5938 within her, descend H3381 into it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:11 - “Ask H7592 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 from beneath H4480 H8478 is excited H7264 over you to meet H7122 you when you come; H935
It arouses H5782 for you the [fn]spirits H7496 of the dead, H7496 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 pomp H1347 and the music H1998 of your harps H5035
Have been brought H3381 down H3381 to Sheol; H7585
Maggots H7415 are spread H3331 out as your bed beneath H8478 you
And worms H8439 are your covering.’ H4374
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:15 - “Nevertheless H389 you will be thrust H3381 down H3381 to Sheol, H7585
To the recesses H3411 of the pit. H953

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