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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.