sheol (hell) · Rightly

Meaning

Sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit

How it's translated

sheol 40
sheol towards 9
in sheol 4
to sheol 4
from sheol 3
like sheol 3
more than sheol 1
for sheol 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Psalms 15
Isaiah 10
Proverbs 9
Job 8
Ezekiel 5
Genesis 4

17 books in all.

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Genesis 42:38And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Genesis 44:29And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Genesis 44:31It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
Numbers 16:30But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
Numbers 16:33They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

All 64 verses, by book

Genesis 4: 37:35 42:38 44:29 44:31
Numbers 2: 16:30 16:33
Deuteronomy 1: 32:22
1 Samuel 1: 2:6
2 Samuel 1: 22:6
1 Kings 2: 2:6 2:9
Job 8: 7:9 11:8 14:13 17:13 17:16 21:13 24:19 26:6
Psalms 15: 6:5 9:17 16:10 18:5 30:3 31:17 49:14 49:15 55:15 86:13 88:3 89:48 116:3 139:8 141:7
Proverbs 9: 1:12 5:5 7:27 9:18 15:11 15:24 23:14 27:20 30:16
Ecclesiastes 1: 9:10
Song of Solomon 1: 8:6
Isaiah 10: 5:14 7:11 14:9 14:11 14:15 28:15 28:18 38:10 38:18 57:9
Ezekiel 5: 31:15 31:16 31:17 32:21 32:27
Hosea 1: 13:14
Amos 1: 9:2
Jonah 1: 2:2
Habakkuk 1: 2:5

Hebrew dictionary

שְׁאוֹל sheol · hell

Sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit 1a) the underworld 1b) Sheol-the OT designation for the abode of the dead 1b1) place of no return 1b2) without praise of God 1b3) wicked sent there for punishment 1b4) righteous not abandoned to it 1b5) of the place of exile (fig) 1b6) of extreme degradation in sin

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “hell” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

HELL, noun

The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death. Matthew 10:28 Luke 12:5
The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the lower regions, or the grave; called in Hebrew, sheol, and by the Greeks, hades. Psalms 16:10 Jonah 2:2
The pains of hell temporal death, or agonies that dying persons feel, or which bring to the brink of the grave. Psalms 18:5
The gates of hell the power and policy of Satan and his instruments. Matthew 16:18

All definitions

The infernal powers.
The place at a running play to which are carried those who are caught.
A place into which a tailor throws his shreds.
A dungeon or prison.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.