2006-09-26 16:37:27 · 14 answers · asked by Tammy C 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, it is. Hades = Grave. That is all. No more. No less.
Look it up...no not in the bible, people--in the DICTIONARY.
2006-09-26 16:40:23 · answer #1 · answered by Ana 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hel is actually the name of the Norse Goddess of Death and ruler of the realm of the dead of the same name. In Norse cosmology though Hel is not a place of punishment, but simply a peaceful place of rest for the dead who did not die in battle and thus don't qualify to go to Valhalla.
Sorry, but Hell is not a Greek word. The Greek word for death is something else.
2006-09-26 23:40:10 · answer #2 · answered by Abriel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hell comes to us directly from Old English hel. Because the Roman Church prevailed in England from an early date, the Roman—that is, Mediterranean—belief that hell was hot prevailed there too; in Old English hel is a black and fiery place of eternal torment for the damned. But because the Vikings were converted to Christianity centuries after the Anglo-Saxons, the Old Norse hel, from the same source as Old English hel, retained its earlier pagan senses as both a place and a person. As a place, hel is the abode of oathbreakers, other evil persons, and those unlucky enough not to have died in battle. It contrasts sharply with Valhalla, the hall of slain heroes. Unlike the Mediterranean hell, the Old Norse hel is very cold. Hel is also the name of the goddess or giantess who presides in hel, the half blue-black, half white daughter of Loki and the giantess Angrbotha. The Indo-European root behind these Germanic words is *kel–, “to cover, conceal” (so hell is the “concealed place”); it also gives us hall, hole, hollow, and helmet.
2006-09-27 06:09:37 · answer #3 · answered by Semiramis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, hell is an English word and it is a bit confusing since it is translated from three different Greek words in the New Testament. that can be transliterated as
Gehenna (or valley of Hinnom)
Hades
Tartarus
In the Old Testament is translated from the ancient Hebrew word transliterated as sheol. Sheol is also translated as grave or pit in various passages.
It gets rather confusing and is certainly worthy of a word study. I recommend it.
2006-09-27 00:00:53 · answer #4 · answered by Nick â? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, "Hell" is an English word. The Greek word that you are thinking of is "Hades".
2006-09-26 23:38:58 · answer #5 · answered by Randy G 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
That makes sense because revalations 21: 8 refers two the lake of fire as the second death. Meaning a spiritual death,rather than your physical bodies death.
2006-09-26 23:42:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, but the Greek word for death is thanatos.
2006-09-26 23:40:09 · answer #7 · answered by Nerdly Stud 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
that's cool seeing that the bible was written in greek and hell is eternal death
2006-09-26 23:41:14 · answer #8 · answered by john e 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes!! I knew that one!
Actually, there are a handful of Greek and Hebrew words that get translated 'hell', and nearly all of them have nothing to do with fire.
2006-09-26 23:38:57 · answer #9 · answered by dave 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Greek word for hell is "hades" and it mean "unseen."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hades
2006-09-26 23:43:23 · answer #10 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yup i knew that but you were thinking of Hades, the Greek god of the Underworld (if you know mythology) which is where the dead peoples went after they died
2006-09-26 23:42:18 · answer #11 · answered by luckylefty52 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋