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86 ᾍδης hades [hah’-dace] from 1 (as negative particle) and 1492; n pr loc; TDNT- 1:146,22; [{See TDNT 22 }] AV-hell 10, grave 1; 11
- 1) name Hades or Pluto, the god of the lower regions
- 2) Orcus, the nether world, the realm of the dead
- 3) later use of this word: the grave, death, hell
- In Biblical Greek it is associated with Orcus, the infernal regions, a dark and dismal place in the very depths of the earth, the common receptacle of disembodied spirits. Usually Hades is just the abode of the wicked, #Lu 16:23; Re 20:13,14; a very uncomfortable place. TDNT.