2 Samuel 22:6 ( KJV; 1611 EDITION ) reads as follows:
"The sorowes of Hell compassed me about: the snares of death preuented me."
The Hebrew word ( Hebrew [ 7585 ] ) for the word - "Hell" - in 2 Samuel 22:6 is defined as follows:
"hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates." [ See ABINGDON'S STRONG'S EXHAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE OF THE BIBLE, STRONG, JAMES, S.T.D., LL.D., ABINGDON PRESS, NASHVILLE, Copyright, 1890, by JAMES STRONG, MADISON, N.J., ( A Concise Dictionary of the Words in the Hebrew Bible with their Renderings in the King James Version, p. 147. ). ]
There is only one Hebrew word for the word - "hell" - in the Old Testament, namely, Hebrew [ 7585 ].
However, in the New Testament, there are three different Greek words for the word - "hell." For example, Matthew 5:22 ( KJV; 1611 EDITION ) reads as follows:
"But I say vnto you , that whosoeuer is angry with his brother without a cause , shall be in danger of the Iudgement : and whosoeuer shall say to his brother, Racha [ sic ], shal be in danger of the counsell: but whosoeuer shall say , Thou foole, shalbe in danger of hell fire."
The Greek word ( Greek [ 1067 ] ) for the word - "hell" - in Matthew 5:22 is defined as follows:
"valley of (the son of) Hinnom; gehenna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (fig.) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment." [ See ABINGDON'S STRONG'S EXHAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE OF THE BIBLE, STRONG, JAMES, S.T.D., LL.D., ABINGDON PRESS, NASHVILLE, Copyright, 1890, by JAMES STRONG, MADISON, N.J., ( A Concise Dictionary of the Words in the Greek/New Testament with their Renderings in the King James Version, p. 23. ). ]
Matthew 11:23 ( KJV; 1611 EDITION ) reads as follows:
"And thou Capernaum, which art exalted vnto heauen , shalt be brought downe to hell : For if the mighty works which haue beene done in thee, had bin [ sic ] done in Sodome, it would haue remained vntill this day."
The Greek word ( Greek [ 86 ] ) for the word - "hell" - in Matthew 11:23 is defined as follows:
"properly unseen, i.e. "Hades" or the place (state) of departed souls." [ Ibid., p. 6. ]
Finally, 2 Peter 2:4 ( KJV; 1611 EDITION ) reads as follows:
"For if God spared not the Angels [ sic ] that sinned , but cast them downe to hell , and deliuered them into chaines of darkness, to be reserued vnto iudgment :"
The Greek word ( Greek [ 5020 ] ) for the word - "hell" - in 2 Peter 2:4 is defined as follows:
"to incarcerate in eternal torment." [ Ibid., p. 95. ]
Thus, while there are some false teachers in this world who will wrongly claim that there is no hell, the Holy Bible clearly teaches the concept of hell, and that it is real.
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