ᾅδης, -ου, ὁ

[in LXX ehiefly for שְׁאוֹל, also for דּוּמָה, מָוֶת, etc. ;]

__1. in Hom. Hades (Pluto), the god of the underworld.

__2. the abode of Hades, the underivorld; in NT, the abode of departed spirits, Hades: ἐν τ. ᾅ. Luk.16:23; εἰς ᾅ. Act.2:27,31; πύλαι ᾅδου, Mat.16:18; κλεῖς τοῦ ᾅ. Rev.1:18; metaphorically, ἕως ᾅ. Mat.11:23, Luk.10:15; personified, Rev.6:8 20:13,14 (Cremer, 67, 610; MM, VGT, see word).

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