Strong's Number G86

ᾅδης

hades · hah'-dace

Transliteration:

hades{hah'-dace} (also written haides)

Word Origin:

from 1 (as negative particle) and 1492

TDNT:

1:146,22

Part of Speech:

proper name location

Strong's Definition:

properly, unseen, i.e. "Hades" or the place (state) of departed souls

Usage in the KJV:

hell 10, grave 1

Total: 11
Occurs 10 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

name Hades or Pluto, the god of the lower regions
Orcus, the nether world, the realm of the dead
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.