Strong's Number 86

Transliteration:
hades {hah'-dace}
Word Origin:
from 1 (as negative particle) and 1492
TDNT:
1:146,22
Part of Speech:
proper name location
Usage in the KJV:
hell 10, grave 1

Total: 11
Definition:
  1. name Hades or Pluto, the god of the lower regions
  2. Orcus, the nether world, the realm of the dead
  3. later use of this word: the grave, death, hell In Biblical Greek it is associated with Orcus, the infernal regions, a dark and dismal place in the very depths of the earth, the common receptacle of disembodied spirits. Usually Hades is just the abode of the wicked, Lu. 16:23, Rev. 20:13,14; a very uncomfortable place. TDNT.