does the bible actually mention hell?

Question

if so please quote as i cant find any?

Didnt think so.....

The entries about sheol and hades are exactly what i was looking for. i find it amazing that christians can talk about something such as hell with such certainty considering there is no evidence for them.

Answer 1

well I cant think of any quotes but fire and brimstone come to mind...not sure it mentions hell as such but it certainly says about being cast into the fires of eternal damnation

Answer 2

Actually the King james version of the Bible does mention the word Hell at Acts 2:27 which is the English translation of the Hebrew word Sheol or the Greek word Hades meaning the common grave of mankind so yes it is there Gorbalizer

Answer 3

You bet and hell is definitely real. Where it is located is unknown. Some says it is below underneath the earth but then the bible mention it being in someplace with the gulf dividing it, meaning the gulf is water and the actual place of hell is not indicated in the bible, as least I have seen it. Did you also know that there are people living below that are alive so one wonder if the dead which are asleep then they are not in hell and where are even they. Some bible verses of hell are Psalm 9:17, Matthew 10:33 and if you read your bible there are many more scriptures for you to read. You also can go to the bible book store and there are many books on this topic that you can choose to read.

Answer 4

actually the christian belief in hell is a leftover babylonian fire worship myth that was passed down (like christmas with the tree) from the old culture to appease the people and make it easier for them to convert.

there is some talk of fire and punishment and such but there is really very little in the actual bible that discusses hell being a place you go to when you die.. the original translations were based on the concept of the dead going to 'sheol' which essentially means a hole in the ground, or grave, where death is just like sleep without dreaming- absolute nothingness- the ressurection being when the dead that are worthy get to come back to live in paradise.

most modern organized religion preys on the fact that their followers dont even read the holy books they pretend to follow- or they follow translations that have been twisted over time.

like i said- some minor references- but no real actual layout of hell.

Answer 5

Hell is a word used in the King James Version to translate the Hebrew she’ohl′ and the Greek hai′des.
This version is not consistent, however, since she’ohl′ is also translated 31 times “grave” and 3 times “pit.”
In the Douay Version she’ohl′ is rendered “hell” 64 times, “pit” once, and “death” once.
Concerning the use of “hell” to translate these original words from the Hebrew and Greek, Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words says:
“HADES . . . It corresponds to ‘Sheol’ in the O.T.
In the O.T. & the N.T. it has been UNHAPPILY rendered ‘Hell.’”
Collier’s Encyclopedia says concerning “Hell”:
“It stands for the Hebrew Sheol of the OT and the Greek Hades of the NT. Since Sheol in Old Testament, at times referred simply to the abode of the dead and suggested no moral distinctions, the word ‘hell,’ as understood today, is not a happy translation.”

Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, unabridged, under “Hell” says: “fr[om] . . . helan to conceal.” The word “hell” thus originally conveyed no thought of heat or torment but simply of a ‘covered over or concealed place.’ In the old English dialect the expression “helling potatoes” meant, not to roast them, but simply to place the potatoes in the ground or in a cellar.

The meaning given today to the word “hell” is that portrayed in Dante’s Divine Comedy and Milton’s Paradise Lost, which meaning is completely foreign to the original definition of the word.
The idea of a “hell” of fiery torment, however, dates back long before Dante or Milton.
The Grolier Universal Encyclopedia (1971, Vol. 9, p. 205) under “Hell” says the idea of suffering after death is found among the pagan religious teachings of ancient peoples in Babylon and Egypt. Babylonian and Assyrian beliefs depicted the “nether world . . . as a place full of horrors, . . . presided over by gods and demons of great strength and fierceness.

It is understandable why The Encyclopedia Americana (1956, Vol. XIV, p. 81) said:
“Much confusion and misunderstanding has been caused through the early translators of the Bible persistently rendering the Hebrew Sheol and the Greek Hades by the word hell.

Answer 6

There is definitely a hell and that is being on this site and on this category to see what all you raving nutters are saying. I actually don.t mind getting violations from so called religious persons. They are so loving. As if. No wonder the world is in such a state going by this site. Why do all you religious people get so riled and fight and go to war and oh I give up.

Answer 7

The English word "hell" is a translation of the Greek word "hades" or "gehenna" or the Hebrew word "sheol". Hades and sheol refer to the place of the dead while Gehenna was a place outside of Jerusalem that was basically a burning dumping ground that people used as an analogy for the place of the dead.

Luke 16:22-26 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell (hades) he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

Mark 9:47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell (gehenna) fire: 48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Psalms 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell (sheol), and all the nations that forget God.

Answer 8

Sure, it does.

Just a few texts to support that answer.

Deut. 32:22; Job 11:8; Ps. 9:17; Matt. 23:33; Rev. 6:8.

There are many more.

Answer 9

Jesus spoke more time of hell than he did of heaven.

get a concordance...I see over 50 references
just looking at it.

It is a real place of torment and fire and excruciating pain and sorrow.

Answer 10

Many - look at this web site them compare to the Bible

http://www.av1611.org/hell.html