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HELL,Sheol, Hades, Gehenna and Tartarus, What |
| Hell Sheol, Hades, Gehenna and Tartarus
Much of the confusion about hell has arisen from the fact that several separate and distinctive words, in both Hebrew and Greek, were unfortunately translated into the single English word 'hell', which is now commonly used to signify the place of the damned.This conveys an improper meaning of the original word.By reading only the King James Bible, makes it close to impossible to tell which of the four original words is being used and what it really means.The word Hell comes from the Anglo-Saxon helan, to cover, or hide.Hence in some parts of England (particularly Cornwall), the tiling or slating of a house is called heling to this day, as are the corers of books in Lancashire.(Adam Clarke) The word Hell The word was first applied to the grave by our German and English ancestors.The Hebrew word Sheol occurs sixty-five times in the Old Testament. |
| The Hebrew word Sheol occurs sixty-five times in the Old Testament.The KJV translates Sheol into into 'pit' three times, 'hell' 31 times, and 'grave' 31 times (where the torment idea would be ludicrous as in Job 14:13 .."O that thou wouldst hide me in the grave [sheol]").By contrast the ASV Bible leaves Sheol untranslated each of the 65 times it appears.for example Psalm 16:10King James version:"for thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption." |
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