Reference: Hades
Easton
that which is out of sight, a Greek word used to denote the state or place of the dead. All the dead alike go into this place. To be buried, to go down to the grave, to descend into hades, are equivalent expressions. In the LXX. this word is the usual rendering of the Hebrew sheol, the common receptacle of the departed (Ge 42:38; Ps 139:8; Ho 13:14; Isa 14:9). This term is of comparatively rare occurrence in the Greek New Testament. Our Lord speaks of Capernaum as being "brought down to hell" (hades), i.e., simply to the lowest debasement, (Mt 11:23). It is contemplated as a kind of kingdom which could never overturn the foundation of Christ's kingdom (Mt 16:18), i.e., Christ's church can never die.
In Lu 16:23 it is most distinctly associated with the doom and misery of the lost.
In Ac 2:27-31 Peter quotes the LXX. version of Ps 16:8-11, plainly for the purpose of proving our Lord's resurrection from the dead. David was left in the place of the dead, and his body saw corruption. Not so with Christ. According to ancient prophecy (Ps 30:3) he was recalled to life.
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Hastings
The Lat. term for the Heb. Sheol, the abode of departed spirits. It was conceived of as a great cavern or pit under the earth, in which the shades lived. Just what degree of activity the shades possessed seems to have been somewhat doubtful. According to the Greeks, they were engaged in the occupations in which they had been employed on earth. The Hebrews, however, seem rather to have thought of their condition as one of inactivity. (See Sheol and Gehenna.) RV has 'Hades' for AV 'hell' when the latter = 'realm of the dead.'
Shailer Mathews.
Morish
See HELL.
Smith
Ha'des
in Revised Version. [See HELL]
See Hell