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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - שְׁאֹול
שְׁאֹול
H7585
Transliteration: shᵉʼôwl
Pronunciation: sheh-ole'
Definition: grave
Original: שׁאל שׁאול Transliteration: she'ôl she'ôl Phonetic: sheh-ole'
BDB Definition:
- sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit
- the underworld
- Sheol - the OT designation for the abode of the dead
- place of no return
- without praise of God
- wicked sent there for punishment
- righteous not abandoned to it
- of the place of exile (figuratively)
- of extreme degradation in sin