Word Study · Strong's H7585 · Hebrew
שְׁאוֹל
sheol
sheh-ole'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shᵉʼôwl
“Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
Rendered in the KJV as
grave, hell, pit.
- 66occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 17 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 34inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 66 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 34
- שְׁא֣וֹל15
- שְׁא֖וֹל5
- שְׁא֛וֹל4
- מִשְּׁא֥וֹל3
- שְׁאֽוֹל׃3
- שְׁאֹ֑לָה3
- שְׁא֗וֹל2
- שְׁא֑וֹל2
- שְׁ֝א֗וֹל2
- שְׁא֖וֹלָה2
- שְׁאֹֽלָה׃2
- בִשְׁא֔וֹל1
and 22 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 11
- Sheol39
- Sheol towards9
- in Sheol4
- from Sheol3
- like Sheol3
- to Sheol3
- [as] Sheol1
- for Sheol1
- more than Sheol1
- O Sheol1
- to Sheol towards1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · masculine or feminine singular40
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular15
- noun · masculine or feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)9
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcbsa · 40
- HR/Ncbsa · 15
- HNcbsa/Sd · 9
- HNcbsc · 1
- HR/Ncbsa/Sd · 1
All 66, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis4 occurrences
- Genesis 37:35שְׁאֹ֑לָהsheolahnoun · masculine or feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.here: Sheol towards
- Genesis 42:38שְׁאֽוֹלָה׃sheolahnoun · masculine or feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”here: Sheol towards
- Genesis 44:29שְׁאֹֽלָה׃sheolahnoun · masculine or feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’here: Sheol towards
- Genesis 44:31שְׁאֹֽלָה׃sheolahnoun · masculine or feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.here: Sheol towards
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 16:30שְׁאֹ֑לָהsheolahnoun · masculine or feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”here: Sheol towards
- Numbers 16:33שְׁאֹ֑לָהsheolahnoun · masculine or feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.here: Sheol towards
1 Samuel1 occurrence
2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 2:6שְׁאֹֽל׃ סsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularSo act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.here: Sheol
- 1 Kings 2:9שְׁאֽוֹל׃sheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularNow therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”here: Sheol
Job8 occurrences
- Job 7:9שְׁ֝א֗וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularAs a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.here: Sheol
- Job 11:8מִ֝שְּׁא֗וֹלmisheolpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singularThey are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?here: more than Sheol
- Job 14:13בִּשְׁא֬וֹלbisholpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singularIf only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!here: in Sheol
- Job 17:13שְׁא֣וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularIf I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,here: Sheol
- Job 17:16שְׁאֹ֣לsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularWill it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”here: Sheol
- Job 21:13שְׁא֣וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularThey spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.here: Sheol
- Job 24:19שְׁא֣וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.here: Sheol
- Job 26:6שְׁא֣וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularSheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.here: Sheol
Psalms16 occurrences
- Psalms 6:5בִּ֝שְׁא֗וֹלbisholpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singularFor there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?here: in Sheol
- Psalms 9:17לִשְׁא֑וֹלָהlisholahpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.here: to Sheol towards
- Psalms 16:10לִשְׁא֑וֹלlisholpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singularFor You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.here: to Sheol
- Psalms 18:5שְׁא֣וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularThe cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.here: Sheol
- Psalms 30:3שְׁא֣וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularO LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.here: Sheol
- Psalms 31:17לִשְׁאֽוֹל׃lisholpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singularO LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.here: to Sheol
- Psalms 49:14לִֽשְׁא֣וֹלlisholpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singularLike sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.here: for Sheol
- Psalms 49:14שְׁא֗וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularLike sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.here: Sheol
- Psalms 49:15שְׁא֑וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularBut God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selahhere: Sheol
- Psalms 55:15שְׁא֣וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularLet death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.here: Sheol
- Psalms 86:13מִשְּׁא֥וֹלmisheolpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singularFor great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.here: from Sheol
- Psalms 88:3לִשְׁא֥וֹלlisholpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singularFor my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.here: to Sheol
- Psalms 89:48שְׁא֣וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularWhat man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selahhere: Sheol
- Psalms 116:3שְׁא֣וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularThe ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.here: Sheol
- Psalms 139:8שְּׁא֣וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularIf I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.here: Sheol
- Psalms 141:7שְׁאֽוֹל׃sheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularAs when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.here: Sheol
Proverbs9 occurrences
- Proverbs 1:12כִּשְׁא֣וֹלkisholpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singularlet us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.here: like Sheol
- Proverbs 5:5שְׁ֝א֗וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularHer feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.here: Sheol
- Proverbs 7:27שְׁא֣וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularHer house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.here: Sheol
- Proverbs 9:18שְׁא֣וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularBut they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.here: Sheol
- Proverbs 15:11שְׁא֣וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularSheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD— how much more the hearts of men!here: Sheol
- Proverbs 15:24מִשְּׁא֥וֹלmisheolpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singularThe path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.here: from Sheol
- Proverbs 23:14מִשְּׁא֥וֹלmisheolpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singularStrike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.here: from Sheol
- Proverbs 27:20שְׁא֣וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularSheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.here: Sheol
- Proverbs 30:16שְׁאוֹל֮sheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularSheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’here: Sheol
Isaiah10 occurrences
- Isaiah 5:14שְּׁאוֹל֙sheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularTherefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!here: Sheol
- Isaiah 7:11שְׁאָ֔לָהshealahnoun · masculine or feminine singular“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”here: [as] Sheol
- Isaiah 14:9שְׁא֗וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularSheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.here: Sheol
- Isaiah 14:11שְׁא֛וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularYour pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.here: Sheol
- Isaiah 14:15שְׁא֛וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularBut you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.here: Sheol
- Isaiah 28:15שְׁא֖וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularFor you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”here: Sheol
- Isaiah 28:18שְׁא֖וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularYour covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.here: Sheol
- Isaiah 38:10שְׁא֑וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularI said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”here: Sheol
- Isaiah 38:18שְׁא֛וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularFor Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.here: Sheol
- Isaiah 57:9שְׁאֽוֹל׃sheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularYou went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.here: Sheol
Ezekiel5 occurrences
- Ezekiel 31:15שְׁא֙וֹלָה֙sheolahnoun · masculine or feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.here: Sheol towards
- Ezekiel 31:16שְׁא֖וֹלָהsheolahnoun · masculine or feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.here: Sheol towards
- Ezekiel 31:17שְׁא֖וֹלָהsheolahnoun · masculine or feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations.here: Sheol towards
- Ezekiel 32:21שְׁא֖וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularMighty chiefs will speak from the midst of Sheol about Egypt and her allies: ‘They have come down and lie with the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.’here: Sheol
- Ezekiel 32:27שְׁא֣וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularThey do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.here: Sheol
Hosea2 occurrences
- Hosea 13:14שְׁאוֹל֙sheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularI will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.here: Sheol
- Hosea 13:14שְׁא֔וֹלsheolnoun · masculine or feminine singularI will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.here: O Sheol