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Sheol

name
/ˈʃi.oʊl/US/ˈʃiː.əʊl/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew שְׁאוֹל, שְׁאֹל (sheól, “abode of the dead, underworld, netherworld, etc.”).

  1. borrowed from שְׁאוֹל

Definitions

  1. The realm of the dead, the common grave of mankind, Hell. In older English translations…

    The realm of the dead, the common grave of mankind, Hell. In older English translations of the Bible, notably the Authorized Version or King James Bible, this word sheol is translated inconsistently and variously as grave (31 times), pit (3 times) or hell (31 times: e.g., De. 32:22; 2Sa. 22:6; Job 11:8; Ps. 9:17).

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Sheol.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Sheol. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA