Sheol

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Pronunciations

Sheol (sheh-OHL)

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Definitions

  • n. The name used in the Torah for the place the dead go (potentially for punishment or purification).

Example Sentences

  • "While this vision of Sheol is rather bleak (setting precedents for later Jewish and Christian ideas of an underground hell) there is generally no concept of judgment or reward and punishment attached to it. In fact, the more pessimistic books of the Bible, such as Ecclesiastes and Job, insist that all of the dead go down to Sheol, whether good or evil, rich or poor, slave or free man." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • שְׁאוֹל‎

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).

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