Bible Question: is hell a literal fire |
Bible Answer: HELL IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT (HELL) 6913. rb,q, qeber, keh-ber; or (fem.)hr;bqi qibrah, kib-raw; from 6912; a sepulchre:— burying place, grave, sepulchre. hr;buq qƒburah. See 6900. 6900. hr;Wbq qƒbuwrah, keb-oo-raw; or hr;Buq qƒburah, keb-oo-raw; fem. pass. part. of 6912; sepulture; (concr.) a sepulchre:— burial, burying place, grave, sepulchre. 7585. l/av shƒ sheh-ole; or laov shƒ sheh-ole; from 7592; hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), incl. its accessories and inmates:— grave, hell, pit. 86. a /dh" haideus, hah-dace; from 1 (as neg. particle) and 1492; prop. unseen, i.e. "Hades" or the place (state) of departed souls:— grave, hell. 1067. gevenna geaeanna, gheh-en-nah; of Heb. or. 1516 and 2011; valley of (the son of) Hinnom; ge-henna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (fig.) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment:— hell. 3419. mnhmei on mneumeaioan, mnay-mi-on; from 3420; a remembrance, i.e. cenotaph (place of interment):— grave, sepulchre, tomb. 5020. tartarovw tartaroaoµ, tar-tar-oa-o; from Tavrtaro" Tartaroas, (the deepest abyss of Hades); to incarcerate in eternal torment:— cast down to hell. Psalm 31:17 17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. Psalm 49:20 20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. Psalm 6:5 5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? 1 Corinthians 15:55 55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Psalm 89:48 48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. Ecclesiastes 9:10 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. Isaiah 14:4 4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! Isaiah 14:12-19 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; 17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? 18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. 19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. Isaiah 38:18-19 18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. 19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. 1 Samuel 2:10 10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed. 1 Kings 2:9-10 9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood. 10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. 11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. 1 Kings 13:30-31 30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother! 31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones: 2 Kings 22:20 20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again. Revelation 20:13-15 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. |