Go to Hell !
What the Hell !
To Hell with You !
For the Hell of it !
!!! What is Hell about ???
Yes, just what is “HELL” all about? When someone is very upset or completely disgusted with someone they could, out of exasperation at that person, declare “Go to hell!” This is a an unsettling phrase utilizing a word (hell) found in our ENGLISH Judeo-Christian Bibles. The meaning of the word, hell, varies usually determined by one’s denominational affiliation.
NOTE !
The use (or misuse) of the word hell is critical for us to correctly understand. We will need to investigate why this is important to us in today’s world. The reason this is very important is because when we learn about the behavior of someone it most certainly affects out relationship with that someone . . . even if that someone is our Creator YHWH.
DIGGING DEEPER !
The use (or misuse) of the word hell is critical for us to correctly understand. We will need to investigate why this is important to us in today’s world. The reason this is very important is because when we learn about the behavior of someone it most certainly affects out relationship with that someone . . . even if that someone is our Creator YHWH.
GREEK & HEBREW !
As we learn more about our Bibles, including the languages which they were originally written in, we discover that our Bibles have been divided (not by God but be human beings) into two parts, the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament was written primarily in the Hebrew language while the New Testament was written mostly in the Greek language.
ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH WORD HELL !
It is important for us to understand that when the writers of our Bibles wrote the various documents which eventually found their way into what is now called the BIBLE they absolutely did not use the English word HELL !
In the Old Testament Scriptures (written mostly in the Hebrew language) the Hebrew word Sheol is the Hebrew word from which “hell” is translated from. In order to ascertain whether “sheol” equals “hell”, we need to compare the original meanings of each of these words.
First we will look at the first and last verses the word “hell” is used in the Old Testament.
Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell/H7585, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Habakuk 2:5
Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell/H7585, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
Hell (Hewbrew) Hell (Greek) G86 ᾅδης hadēs hah’-dace From G1 (as a negative particle) and G1492; properly unseen, that is, “Hades” or the place (state) of departed souls: – grave, hell. G1067 γέεννα geenna gheh’-en-nah Of Hebrew origin ([H1516] and [H2011]); valley of (the son of) Hinnom; gehenna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment: – hell. G5020 ταρταρόω tartaroō tar-tar-o’-o From Τάρταρος Tartaros̄ (the deepest abyss of Hades); to incarcerate in eternal torment: – cast down to hell. |
( common, שאול / she-ol) Translation: UNDERWORLD Definition: The place of the dead. Relationship to Root: as an unknown place. KJV Translations: grave, hell, pit Strong’s Hebrew #: