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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:

  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 (figuratively)
      6. of extreme degradation in sin

Origin: from H7592" class="dictionary-topic-link">H7592

TWOT entry: 2303c

Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine


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