the strongs concordance
2006-09-30 15:50:26 · 12 answers · asked by Jimmy B 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hell is not a Jewish concept; therefore there is NO such word in ancient Hebrew.
There are two words in Hebrew to describe "hell" (again- not a Jewish concept!), both of them are inspired by other concepts:
*"Guy ben Hinom", or "Gehenom"- literally: "vally of son of Henom", or "vally of Henom". That was a real place near Jerusalem where the Pagans used to sacrifice humans. The certain place is unknown, but it is also called "vally of murdering".
*"Sheol"- meaning unkown, but possibly comes from the word "sha'al", "borrow (souls)".
The Greek word is "Infernus", and it means "lower".
The English word "hell" comes from a Gothic origin and it means "one who covers up or hides something".
I don't know any other words to describe "hell" that mean "death". Sorry.
2006-10-01 00:33:59 · answer #1 · answered by yotg 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes I sure did, that is why I think we are all headed to hell. Cause so far Scientist haven't found a way to make us live forever (cause no matter how smart we are we will never be smarter that God) so we are all gonna die one day, so we are going to hell!
Ecclesiastes 9:5 & 6 also help us to appreciate that when we do die we are simply that dead. We feel no emotions we are not conscience of anything. So why would the belief in heaven or hell either one make any sense?
2006-10-01 00:52:54 · answer #2 · answered by SpecialK 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The valley of Gehinnom was a place where the poorest of the poor lived. Can you imagine what it must have been like with all their fires burning. You can still see it just outside the wall of Jerusalem's Old City, but it is now a small park.
The root of the Hebrew word "sheol" is "question." Therefore when someone goes down to "sheol," they go down to the "unknown."
The concept of an afterlife was "borrowed" from Hellenism.
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2006-09-30 23:28:13 · answer #3 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If hell means a spiritual cutting off from God, why did righteous, God-fearing Job want to go there? He knew that physical death would end his suffering. Hell is simply the common grave of mankind, not a place of eternal torment. Are you aware that Jesus went to hell when he died? Read it for yourself at Acts 2: 27. Was he spiritually disconnected from God or was he reaaly dead for parts of three days?
2006-10-01 06:12:10 · answer #4 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Look at the Bible it clearly states that only through the word of God can you find every lasting life. Thusly going to Hell would mean death. Logically.
2006-09-30 22:53:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
there is no word for hell in hebrew, since its not a hebrew concept, its christian. but yes the words which christian bibles tend to translate as hell tend to be words having to do with death, or places that had to do with death.
2006-09-30 23:09:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very intresting. They didn't believe in an after life of any kind though. So yeah... That makes total sense. Thank you for that!
2006-09-30 22:52:28 · answer #7 · answered by leafrogger 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And death means separation from God....Eternal death means eternal separation.
2006-09-30 22:52:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Death" ...as in the sense of being spiritually dead. No longer being connected to the Father.
2006-09-30 22:52:36 · answer #9 · answered by Robert 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in the OT "Hell" is either "Gahenna" or "Sheol"
neither are an eternal hell like christianity has.
2006-09-30 23:07:52 · answer #10 · answered by RW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋