- Transliteration: Hades

- Phonetic: hah'-dace

- Definition:

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

- Origin: from G1" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1 (as negative particle) and G1492" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1492

- TDNT entry: 03:26,2

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Location

- Strong's: From G1" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1 (as a negative particle) and G1492" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1492; properly unseen that is Hades or the place (state) of departed souls: - grave hell.