'Dead' in the Bible

Let us swallow them alive like Sheol (the place of the dead),Even whole, as those who go down to the pit [of death];

For her house leads down to deathAnd her paths lead to the dead;

Her feet go down to death;Her steps take hold of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),

Her house is the way to Sheol,Descending to the chambers of death.

But he does not know that the spirits of the dead are there,And that her guests are [already] in the depths of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the abyss, the place of eternal punishment) lie open before the Lord—How much more the hearts and inner motives of the children of men.

The [chosen] path of life leads upward for the wise,That he may keep away from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) below.

A man who wanders from the way of understanding (godly wisdom)Will remain in the assembly of the dead.

You shall swat him with the reed-like rodAnd rescue his life from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the underworld) are never satisfied;Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.

Sheol, and the barren womb,Earth that is never satisfied with water,And fire that never says, “It is enough.”