G86 – Hades – Ἅδης – Hades, a grave; lit. the unseen, unknown; fig. the netherworld
- Strong’s ID:
- G86
- Greek Word:
- Ἅδης
- Transliteration:
- hadēs / Hades
- Pronunciation:
- hah’-dace
- Part of Speech:
- noun proper locative
- Etymology:
- from G1 (as negating prefix) and G1492
in Hebrew H7585 - Equivalents:
- H7585
- Usage Count:
- 11
- Search:
- Find “Hades” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) the proper name “Hades”, which means “Unseen” or “Unknown”
2) figuratively, the netherworld (where souls of the dead go before the resurrection)
3) traditionally, the grave
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G1 (as negative particle) and G1492; properly, unseen, i.e. “Hades” or the place (state) of departed souls:—grave, hell.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
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
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.