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The Word HELL in the New Testament

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Publishing Committee · Rochester, N. Y. · Oct 24, 1854

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 6, No. 11.

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The Word HELL in the New Testament.

THERE are three words in the New Testament which are rendered into the English by the word hell. These are hades, gehenna and tartaroo. The first, which occurs eleven times, signifies the place of the dead, the place from which the righteous and the wicked will be brought by the resurrection. The second, which occurs twelve times, signifies the place of future punishment—the lake of fire. And the third, which occurs but once, signifies the place to which the fallen angels were cast. The words in italics are the ones by which these words are rendered into English in the following list: