Strong's Lexicon
G86 — ᾅδης
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G86 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ᾅδης |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G1 (as negative particle) and G1492 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 10 |
| Transliteration: | hades |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | hah"-dace |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) unseen 2. (commonly) "Hades," the place (state) of departed souls |
| KJV Renderings: | grave, hell |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Ἅιδης, ᾅδης, , ὁ (for the older Ἀΐδης, which Homer uses, and this from the alpha privative and ἰδεῖν, not to be seen (cf. Lob. Path. Element. 2:6f)); in the classics
1. a proper name, Hades, Pluto, the god of the lower regions; so in Homer always.
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 ùÀÑàåì is almost always rendered by this word (once by θάνατος, 2Sa 22:6); it denotes, therefore, in Biblical greek Orcus, the infernal regions, a dark (Job 10:21) and dismal place (but cf. γέεννα and παράδεισος) in the very depths of the earth (Job 11:8; Isa 57:9; Amo 9:2, etc.; see ἄβυσσος), the common receptacle of disembodied spirits: Luk 16:23; εἰς ᾅδου namely, δόμον, Act 2:27; Act 2:31, according to a very common ellipsis, cf. Winers grammar, 592 (550) (Buttmann, 171 (149)); (but L T Tr WH in Act 2:27 and T WH in both verses read εἰς ᾅδην; so the Sept. Psalm 15:10 ()); πύλαι ᾅδου, Mat 16:18 (πυλωροί ᾅδου, Job 38:17; see πύλη); κλείς τοῦ ᾅδου, Rev 1:18; Hades as a power is personified, 1Co 15:55 (where L T Tr WH read θάνατε for R g ᾅδῃ (cf. Act 2:24 Tr marginal reading)); Rev 6:8; Rev 20:13 f. Metaphorically, ἕως ᾅδου καταβαίνειν or) καταβιβάζεσθαι to (go or) be thrust down into the depth of misery and disgrace: Mat 11:23 (here L Tr WH καταβαίνειν); Luk 10:15 (here Tr marginal reading WH text καταβαίνειν). (See especially Boettcher, De Inferis, under the word ἀϊδής in greek index. On the existence and locality of Hades cf. greswell on the Parables, Appendix, chapter x, vol. v, part ii, pp. 261-406; on the doctrinal significance of the word see the BB. DD. [Hades] and E. R. Craven in Lange on Revelation, pp. 364-377.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
Ἇ (grave)
Matthew 11:23
- KJV: And thou Capernaum which art exalted unto heaven shalt be brought down to hell for if the mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in Sodom it would have remained until this day
- GK: και συ Καπερναούμ η έως του ουρανού υψωθείσα έως άδου καταβιβασθήση ότι ει εν Σοδόμοις εγένοντο αι δυνάμεις αι γενόμεναι εν σοι έμειναν αν μέχρι της σήμερον
Matthew 16:18
- KJV: And I say also unto thee That thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it
- GK: καγώ δε σοι λέγω οτι συ ει Πέτρος και επί ταύτη τη πέτρα οικοδομήσω μου την εκκλησίαν και πύλαι άδου ου κατισχύσουσιν αυτής
Luke 10:15
- KJV: And thou Capernaum which art exalted to heaven shalt be thrust down to hell
- GK: και συ Καπερναούμ η έως του ουρανού υψωθείσα έως άδου καταβιβασθήση
Luke 16:23
- KJV: And in hell he lift up his eyes being in torments and seeth Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom
- GK: και εν τω άδη επάρας τους οφθαλμούς αυτού υπάρχων εν βασάνοις ορά τον Αβραάμ από μακρόθεν και Λάζαρον εν τοις κόλποις αυτού
Acts 2:27
- KJV: Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption
- GK: ότι ουκ εγκαταλείψεις την ψυχήν μου εις Άδου ουδέ δώσεις τον όσιόν σου ιδείν διαφθοράν
Acts 2:31
- KJV: He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ that his soul was not left in hell neither his flesh did see corruption
- GK: προϊδών ελάλησε περί της αναστάσεως του χριστού ότι ου κατελείφθη η ψυχή αυτού εις Άδου ουδέ η σάρξ αυτού είδε διαφθοράν
1 Corinthians 15:55
- KJV: O death where thy sting O grave where thy victory
- GK: που σου θάνατε το κέντρον που σου άδη το νίκος
Revelation 1:18
- KJV: he that liveth and was dead and behold I am alive for evermore Amen and have the keys of hell and of death
- GK: και ο ζων και εγενόμην νεκρός και ιδού ζων ειμί εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων αμήν και έχω τας κλείς του θανάτου και του άδου
Revelation 6:8
- KJV: And I looked and behold a pale horse and his name that sat on him was Death and Hell followed with him And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth to kill with sword and with hunger and with death and with the beasts of the earth
- GK: και είδον και ιδού ίππος χλωρός και ο καθήμενος επάνω αυτού όνομα αυτώ θάνατος και ο άδης ακολουθεί μετ΄ αυτού και εδόθη αυτώ εξουσία επί το τέταρτον της γης αποκτείναι εν ρομφαία και εν λιμώ και εν θανάτω και υπό των θηρίων της γης
Revelation 20:13
- KJV: And the sea gave up the dead which were in it and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them and they were judged every man according to their works
- GK: και έδωκεν η θάλασσα τους εν αυτή νεκρούς και ο θάνατος και ο άδης έδωκαν τους εαυτών νεκρούς και εκρίθησαν έκαστος κατά τα έργα αυτών
Revelation 20:14
- KJV: And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire This is the second death
- GK: και ο θάνατος και ο άδης εβλήθησαν εις την λίμνην του πυρός ούτός εστιν ο θάνατος ο δεύτερος η λίμνη του πυρός