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Definition of Sheol
1. n. The place of departed spirits; Hades; also, the grave.
Definition of Sheol
1. Proper noun. ''(Old Testament)'' the realm of dead, the common grave of mankind, Hell. In older English translations of the Bible, notably the Authorized or King James Bible, this word is translated as grave or pit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sheol
1. hell [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheol
Literary usage of Sheol
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1895)
"brought down to sheol. This kind of language requires that sheol should mean the
... Sheol occurs four times in Samuel and Kings. "The Lord bringeth down to ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"So the Hebrews believed that the heathen and unjust would remain in the death-sleep
of Sheol, while faithful Israel received back the soul in the ..."
3. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1874)
"We come next to contemplate more distinctly the proof that Sheol IS NOT THE ABODE
OP THE ... It remains to show that this includes deliverance from Sheol. ..."
4. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1874)
""Gather not my soul with sinners," ie, in Sheol, " nor my life with bloody men."
" Then understood I their end; surely thou didst set them on slippery' ..."
5. The Methodist Review (1875)
""Let me not be ashamed, O Lord, for I have called upon thee ; let the wicked be
ashamed, and let him be silent in Sheol." Psa. xxxi, 17. ..."
6. The Religious Teaching of the Old Testament by Albert Cornelius Knudson (1918)
"But the more common and probable theory is that "Sheol was originally conceived as a
... Their Sheol was quite similar to the Aralu of the Babylonians, ..."
7. The Religious Teaching of the Old Testament by Albert Cornelius Knudson (1918)
"But the more common and probable theory is that "Sheol was originally conceived as a
... Their Sheol was quite similar to the Aralu of the Babylonians, ..."
8. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to St. Luke by Alfred Plummer (1902)
"In some places, possibly, Sheol or Hades is merely a synonym for the grave or
... Sheol is a place of rest ; but also of silence, gloom, and ignorance. ..."
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