Háidēs — G86

G86 · Greek — ᾅδης

Pronunciation: hah'-dace

Definition

locative proper noun

properly, unseen, i.e. "Hades" or the place (state) of departed souls

  1. a proper name, Hades, Pluto, the god of the lower regions
  2. an appellative, Orcus, the nether world, the realm of the dead (cf: Theocritus, idyll. 2,159 schol. τήν τοῦ ᾅδου κρούει πύλην. τουτ' ἔστιν ἀποθανεῖται. In the Sept. the Hebrew שְׁאול is almost always rendered by this word ; it denotes, therefore, in Biblical greek Orcus, the infernal regions, a dark and dismal place in the very depths of the earth

Usually translated as

hell, grave

Origin

from G1 (as negative particle) and G1492

Occurrences

Háidēs occurs 11 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (2), Luke (2), Acts (2), 1 Corinthians (1), Revelation (4)

Strong's Lexicon — H