she.ol H7585

שְׁאוֹל (she.ol) means “hell: Sheol” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שְׁאוֹל Hebrew · H7585 66 tagged occurrences in 64 verses

Pronunciation guide: sheh-ole' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7585

שְׁאוֹל · she.ol · hell: Sheol

Sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit 1a) the underworld 1b) Sheol-the OT designation for the abode of the dead 1b1) place of no return 1b2) without praise of God 1b3) wicked sent there for punishment 1b4) righteous not abandoned to it 1b5) of the place of exile (fig) 1b6) of extreme degradation in sin

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or שְׁאֹל; from H7592 (שָׁאַל); Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates

KJV glosses: grave, hell, pit.

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How translators render H7585

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
to sheol	20
of sheol	14
sheol	13
in sheol	5
for sheol	2
from sheol	2
into sheol	2
like sheol	2
as sheol	1
down to sheol	1
o sheol	1
sheol itself	1
so sheol	1
than sheol	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
to the grave	10
hell	6
of hell	6
in the grave	4
into hell	4
of the grave	4
to hell	4
the grave	3
as the grave	2
from hell	2
in hell	2
into the pit	2
and with hell	1
as hell	1
at the graves	1
for the grave	1
from the grave	1
into the grave	1
me in the grave	1
o grave	1
of the pit	1
of thee in the grave	1
on hell	1
than hell	1
therefore hell	1
unto hell	1
unto the grave	1
with hell	1

Verses containing H7585

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Isaiah 28:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
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Isaiah 28:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.
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Isaiah 38:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
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Isaiah 38:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
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Isaiah 57:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.
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Ezekiel 31:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.
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Ezekiel 31:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.
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Ezekiel 31:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations.
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Ezekiel 32:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Mighty chiefs will speak from the midst of Sheol about Egypt and her allies: ‘They have come down and lie with the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.’
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Ezekiel 32:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.
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Hosea 13:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
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Amos 9:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.
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Jonah 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
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Source alternate reference: 2.3
Habakkuk 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
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