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Sheol (שאול) is the Hebrew Language word denoting the "abode of the dead"; the " Underworld ", "the common grave of mankind" or "pit". It is also Transliterated ''Sheh-ole'', in Strong's ''Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries'' and '' Strong's Concordance s.'' In the Hebrew Bible it is portrayed as a comfortless place beneath the earth, beyond gates, where both the bad and the good, slave and king, pious and wicked must go after death to sleep in silence and oblivion in the dust. In some sources , for example in of Hades or Tartarus from Greek Mythology . ''Sheol'' is the common destination of both the righteous and the unrighteous dead; the righteous Job sees it as his destination (Job 3). In the Book of Job, while Satan is portrayed as tormenting and testing the living, he does not appear to have any particular presidency over ''Sheol'', or to dwell in ''Sheol''. Indeed, ''Sheol'' in many cases does not seem to be an ) 5:14). Psalm 18: 5 The breakers of death surged round about me; the menacing floods terrified me. 6 The cords of Sheol tightened; the snares of death lay in wait for me. 7 In my distress I called out: LORD! I cried out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry to him reached his ears. Psalm 86:13: "Your love for me is great; you have rescued me from the depths of Sheol." The Hebrew concept is paralleled in the Sumerian Netherworld to which Inanna descends. See also Ereshkigal .. The English word Hell comes from Germanic Mythology , now used in the Judeo-Christian sense to translate the Hebrew word "Gehinnom," which was a valley outside Jerusalem used for burning refuse (basically a landfill), and the Greek Hades and Tartarus . The . In Islam , this same word became Jahannam , an Islamic term for Hell. The prominent Biblical scholar William Foxwell Albright points out that the Hebrew root for ''SHE'OL'' is ''SHA'AL'', which normally means "to ask, to interrogate, to question." ''Sheol'' therefore should mean "asking, interrogation, questioning." John Tvedtnes, also a Biblical scholar, connects this with the common theme in Near-death Experience s of the interrogation of the soul after crossing the Tunnel. =Old Testament holding= Sheol, as described in the book ''Tabernacle Gifts,'' is a place where all the Old Testament righteous went after they died. It is known as Abraham's bosom. Jesus went to Sheol when He died, to tell the Old Testament righteous about Himself. =In popular culture= In the Robert Heinlein Science Fiction novel '' Starship Troopers ,'' Sheol is also the name of an Arachnid Colony Planet , decimated by a Terra n military attack. |
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