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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #7585 - שְׁאֹל

Transliteration

shᵉʼôwl

Phonetics

sheh-ole', sheh-ole'

Origin

from (H7592)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

2303c

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit
1. the underworld
2. Sheol-the OT designation for the abode of the dead
  1. place of no return
  2. without praise of God
  3. wicked sent there for punishment
  4. righteous not abandoned to it
  5. of the place of exile (fig)
  6. of extreme degradation in sin

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 86 ‑ ᾅδης (hah'‑dace); 2288 ‑ θάνατος (than'‑at‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (64)

Genesis 4

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

Job 7

Psalms 16

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 9

Ezekiel 5

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Jonah 1

Habakkuk 1

BSB (66)

Genesis 4

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

Job 8

Psalms 16

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 10

Ezekiel 5

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Jonah 1

Habakkuk 1

CSB (55)

Genesis 4

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

Job 8

Psalms 16

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 10

Ezekiel 5

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Jonah 1

Habakkuk 1

ESV (65)

Genesis 4

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

Job 8

Psalms 16

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 10

Ezekiel 5

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Jonah 1

Habakkuk 1

KJV (65)

Genesis 4

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

Job 8

Psalms 16

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 9

Ezekiel 5

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Jonah 1

Habakkuk 1

LEB (66)

Genesis 4

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

Job 8

Psalms 16

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 10

Ezekiel 5

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Jonah 1

Habakkuk 1

LSB (66)

Genesis 4

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

Job 8

Psalms 16

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 10

Ezekiel 5

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Jonah 1

Habakkuk 1

N95 (50)

Genesis 4

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

Job 8

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 10

Ezekiel 5

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Jonah 1

Habakkuk 1

NAS (66)

Genesis 4

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

Job 8

Psalms 16

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 10

Ezekiel 5

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Jonah 1

Habakkuk 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (65)

Genesis 4

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

Job 8

Psalms 16

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 9

Ezekiel 5

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Jonah 1

Habakkuk 1

ASV (64)

and with sheol 1

as sheol 3

back unto sheol 1

for sheol 3

from sheol 3

in sheol 2

in sheol, behold, thou art there 1

into sheol 5

me in sheol 1

o sheol 1

of sheol 12

of thee: in sheol 1

on sheol 1

shall be for sheol 1

sheol 7

than sheol 1

therefore sheol 1

thyself even unto sheol 1

to sheol 16

unto sheol 1

with sheol 1

BSB (66)

as sheol 1

down to sheol 1

for sheol 2

from sheol 2

in sheol 4

into sheol 2

like sheol 2

me in sheol 1

o sheol 1

of sheol 14

sheol 12

sheol itself 1

so sheol 1

than sheol 1

to sheol 21

CSB (55)

as sheol 1

in sheol 2

like sheol 2

of sheol 13

sheol 31

to sheol 6

ESV (65)

hell 1

sheol 64

KJV (65)

grave 30

grave's 1

hell 31

pit 3

LEB (66)

as sheol 2

for in sheol 1

for sheol 1

in sheol 1

in sheol, look! there you are 1

into sheol 1

it to sheol 1

like sheol 3

me in sheol 1

o sheol 1

sheol 35

sheol as 1

sheol⌋ 1

to sheol 16

LSB (66)

sheol 66

N95 (50)

sheol 50

NAS (66)

sheol 66

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (65)

and with sheol 1

as sheol 2

back to sheol 1

for sheol 3

from sheol 2

in sheol 4

into sheol 5

like sheol 1

me in sheol 1

of sheol 12

sheol 8

so does sheol 1

than sheol 1

therefore sheol 1

to sheol 18

with sheol 1

yourself even to sheol 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1472) l s (סהל ShL) AC: Draw out CO: ? AB: ?

A) l s (סהל ShL) AC: ? CO: Quiet AB: ?: In the sense of quietness from prosperity.

N^m) l s (סהל ShL) - I. Of:In the sense of something being drawn out of something else. II. Neglect:[Unknown connection to root] KJV (4): though, cause, for - Strongs: H7944 (שַׁל), H7945 (שֶׁל)

f^m) i l s (סהלי ShLY) - Quietly: In the sense of prosperity. KJV (1): quietly - Strongs: H7987 (שְׁלִי)

r^f) f l s (סהלו ShLW) - Neglect: [Unknown connection to root; Aramaic only] KJV (5): amiss, fail, error - Strongs: H7955 (שִׂלָּה), H7960 (שָׁלוּת)

B) l l s (סהלל ShLL) AC: Spoil CO: ? AB: ?: The spoils drawn out after battle.

V) l l s (סהלל ShLL) - Spoil: KJV (16): (vf: Paal) spoil, take, fall, prey, purpose - Strongs: H7997 (שָׁלַל)

N^m) l l s (סהלל ShLL) - Spoil: KJV (73): spoil, prey - Strongs: H7998 (שָׁלָל)

g^m) l l f s (סהולל ShWLL) - Spoiled: What is taken as spoil. KJV (4): spoil, strip - Strongs: H7758 (שֵׁילָל)

C) l s a (אסהל AShL) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?: [Unknown meaning]

N^m) l s a (אסהל AShL) - Tamarisk: The tree or a grove. KJV (3): grove, tree - Strongs: H815 (אֵשֶׁל)

D) l a s (סהאל ShAL) AC: Request CO: ? AB: ?: To draw out something that is not known.

V) l a s (סהאל ShAL) - Ask: To seek to understand what is not known. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (179): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Piel) ask, enquire, desire, require, borrow, salute, demand, lent, request, beg - Strongs: H7592 (שָׁאֵל), H7593 (שְׁאֵל)

N^f1) e l a s (סהאלה ShALH) - Request: A seeking for what is not known. KJV (15): petition, demand, loan - Strongs: H7595 (שְׁאֵלָה), H7596 (שֵׁלָה)

h^f1) e l a s m (מסהאלה MShALH) - Request: A seeking for what is not known. KJV (2): petition, desire - Strongs: H4862 (מִשְׁאָלָה)

c^f) l f a s (סהאול ShAWL) - Grave: The place of the dead as an unknown place. KJV (65): grave, hell, pit - Strongs: H7585 (שְׁאֹל)

H) e l s (סהלה ShLH) AC: Draw out CO: ? AB: ?

V) e l s (סהלה ShLH) - I. Mislead:[Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Rest:[Aramaic only] KJV (4): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil) negligent, deceive, take, rest - Strongs: H7952 (שָׁלָה), H7953 (שָׁלָה), H7954 (שְׁלֵה)

J) l f s (סהול ShWL) AC: ? CO: Robe AB: ?: As long and drawn out.

N^m) l f s (סהול ShWL) - Robe: KJV (11): hem, skirt, train - Strongs: H7757 (שׁוּל)

K) f l s (סהלו ShLW) AC: Prosper CO: ? AB: ?: A drawing out of what is needed.

V) f l s (סהלו ShLW) - Prosper: KJV (5): (vf: Paal) prosper, safety, happy - Strongs: H7951 (שָׁלַו)

N^f1) e f l s (סהלוה ShLWH) - Prosperity: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (10): prosperity, peaceably, quietness, abundance, peace, tranquility - Strongs: H7959 (שָׁלוּ), H7962 (שַׁלְוָה), H7963 (שְׁלֵוָה)

b^m) f i l s (סהליו ShLYW) - Prosperity: KJV (8): ease, peaceable, quietness, prosperity, quiet, prosper, wealthy - Strongs: H7961 (שְׁלֵוָה)

M) l i s (סהיל ShYL) AC: Draw out CO: Infant AB: ?

f^f1 ) e i l i s (סהיליה ShYLYH) - Infant: As drawn out of the mother. KJV (1): young - Strongs: H7988 (שִׁלְיָה)

Adopted Roots:

A2842 H l s (Send, Projectile)
A2844 K l s (Throw)
A2845 M l s (Complete)
A2846 P l s (Pull)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שְׁאָ֫לָה Isaiah 7:11 see שְׁאוֺל 1 below

שְׁאוֺל, שְׁאֹל noun feminine^{Psalm 86:13} (apparently masculine Job 26:6 compare Isaiah 14:9, see Albr^{ZAW xvi(1896), 51}) She®°ôl, underworld (√ dubious; שׁאל, i.e. palce of inquiry (reference to necromancy) Jastr^{Amos. Jsem. Lang. xiv. 170. cf JBL xix (1900), 88 ff.} (Jerem^{Lebenn. d. Tode 109} 'Ort der Entscheidung'); Thes Bö^{De Inf. § 158} Di and others compare √ שׁעל, whence שֹׁעַל hallow hand, etc.; ׳שׁ then = hallow place, 'Hölle', hell; other conjectures see Hup^{Psalm 6⁶} De^{Isaiah 5:14} Beer^{Bibl. Hades} in Holtzmann^{Festgabe,1902,15}; most now refrain from positive etymology (e.g. Buhl); Old Aramaic שאול, Syriac ; Assyrian šu-alu is dubious: so reads and interprets Dl^{pa 121, Prol 47 145} Jastr^{Amos. J. Semitic Lang. xiv. 165 ff.} Ency. Bib^s.v.; opposed to by Bertin^{TSBA viii. 269} Jen^{Kosmol.223ff.} Zim^{KAT 3. 636} and others; see also Muss-Arn^{JBL xi (1892), 169 and references}); — always absolute, שְׁאוֺל Deuteronomy 32:22 52t.,הָ֯ Genesis 42:38; Psalm 9:18; שְׁאֹל 1 Kings 2:6; Job 17:16, הָ֯ Genesis 37:35 7t.; + Isaiah 7:11 (so read for שְׁאָ֫לָה Aq Σ Θ Du Che and now most); —

1 the underworld, תַּחְתִּית׳שׁ Deuteronomy 32:22, מִתַּחַת Isaiah 14:9; מִ֑טָּה׳מִשּׁ Proverbs 15:24; "" מָוֶת Proverbs 5:5; Proverbs 7:27; Song of Solomon 8:6; Psalm 89:49; whither men descend at death, Genesis 37:35 (E), Genesis 42:38; Genesis 44:29,31 (J), 1 Samuel 2:6; 1 Kings 2:6,9; Job 7:9; Job 21:13; Isaiah 14:11,15; Psalm 88:4, and Korah and associates go down alive by ׳י s judgment, Numbers 16:30,33 (J), compare Psalm 55:16; under mountains and sea Job 26:6 (compare Job 26:5), ׳בֶּטֶן שׁ Jonah 2:3 (compare Jonah 2:7); with bars Job 17:16 (si vera 1.: see ᵐ5 Du); ׳מִּי שׁ Psalm 141:7; ׳שַׁעֲרֵי שׁ Isaiah 38:10; personified Isaiah 28:15,18 ("" מות). as insatiable monster Isaiah 5:14; Habakkuk 2:5; Proverbs 1:12; Proverbs 27:20; Proverbs 30:16; as said (figurative) to have snares, ׳חֶבְלֵי שׁ Psalm 18:6 = 2 Samuel 22:6 compare ׳מְצָרֵי שׁ Psalm 116:3; opposed to (height of) שָׁמַיִם Amos 9:2; Job 11:8; Psalm 139:8 + (opposed to לְמָ֑עְלָה) Isaiah 7:11 (see above); dark, gloomy, without return Job 17:13 (compare Job 17:16; Job 7:9; Job 10:21; Job 16:22; all being alike Job 3:17-19; Job 21:23-26 ); without work or knowledge or wisdom according to Ecclesiastes 9:5,6,10 (compare Job 14:21, and see רְפָאִים below רפה; yet compare Isaiah 14:9f.).

2 condition of righteous and wicked distinguished in׳שׁ (later than 1 Samuel 28, especially inWisdom Literature):

a. wicked יָשׁוּבוּ לִשְׁא֑וֺלָה Psalm 9:18, ׳יִדְּמוּ לִשׁ Psalm 31:18; death is their shepherd, without power and honour they waste away Psalm 49:15 (twice in verse); ׳שׁ consumes them as drought water Job 24:19; righteous dread it because no praise or presence of God there (as in temple) Psalm 6:6 (compare Psalm 88:5), Isaiah 38:18; deliverance from it a blessing Psalm 30:4; Psalm 86:13; Proverbs 23:14. In Ezek. ׳שׁ is land below, place of reproach, abode of uncircumcised Ezekiel 31:15,16,17; Ezekiel 32:21,27

b. righteous shall not be aban-doned, ׳לשׁ Ezekiel 16:10 ("" שַׁחַת q. v.; opposed to אִרַח חַיִּים etc., Ezekiel 16:11, compare Ezekiel 17:15), is ransomed from ׳שׁ Ezekiel 49:16 (compare Ezekiel 73:23; Ezekiel 73:25; Isaiah 57:1,2); compare Job's expectation and desire Job 14:13; Job 17:13 (compare Job 10:21; Job 19:25f.).

3 later distinction of places in׳שׁ:

a. depths of ׳שׁ for sensualist Proverbs 9:18.

b.וַאֲבַדּוֺן ׳שׁ Proverbs 25:11, see אֲבַדּוֺן. [שַׁחַת and בּוֺר, q. v., when "" ׳שׁ, are usually in bad sense( Psalm 88:4); probably = pit in ׳שׁ, > ׳שׁ itself as pit; words at least prepare for local distinctions of post-Biblical Judaism and NT.]

4׳שׁ figurative of extreme degradation in sin Isaiah 57:9; as place of exile for Israel Hosea 13:14 (twice in verse) (compare Isaiah 26:19).

List of Word Forms

אול בִּ֝שְׁא֗וֹל בִּשְׁא֕וֹל בִּשְׁא֬וֹל בִשְׁא֔וֹל בשאול כִּשְׁא֜וֹל כִּשְׁא֣וֹל כִשְׁא֖וֹל כשאול לִֽשְׁא֣וֹל לִשְׁא֑וֹל לִשְׁא֑וֹלָה לִשְׁא֥וֹל לִשְׁאֽוֹל׃ לשאול לשאול׃ לשאולה מִ֝שְּׁא֗וֹל מִשְּׁא֥וֹל משאול שְּׁא֣וֹל שְּׁאוֹל֙ שְׁ֝א֗וֹל שְׁא֑וֹל שְׁא֔וֹל שְׁא֖וֹל שְׁא֖וֹלָה שְׁא֗וֹל שְׁא֙וֹלָה֙ שְׁא֛וֹל שְׁא֣וֹל שְׁאָ֔לָה שְׁאֹ֑לָה שְׁאֹ֣ל שְׁאֹֽלָה׃ שְׁאֹֽל׃ שְׁאֽוֹלָה׃ שְׁאֽוֹל׃ שְׁאוֹל֙ שְׁאוֹל֮ שאול שאול׃ שאולה שאולה׃ שאל שאל׃ שאלה שאלה׃ ’ō·wl ’ōwl biš’ōwl ḇiš’ōwl biš·’ō·wl ḇiš·’ō·wl bishol chishol kiš’ōwl ḵiš’ōwl kiš·’ō·wl ḵiš·’ō·wl kishol liš’ōwl liš’ōwlāh liš·’ō·w·lāh liš·’ō·wl lishol lisholah miš·šə·’ō·wl mishsheol miššə’ōwl ol šə’ālāh šə’ōl šə’ōlāh šə’ōwl šə’ōwlāh šə·’ā·lāh šə·’ō·lāh šə·’ō·w·lāh šə·’ō·wl šə·’ōl sheAlah sheol sheOlah vishol