H7585

שְׁאוֹל

shᵉʼôwl · sheh-ole'

Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates

Lexicon

Derivation: or שְׁאֹל; from H7592 (שָׁאַל);

Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: grave, hell, pit.

Letters

שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
Concrete
teeth · sharp · press · bow
Extended
to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
אAlef1
Picture: ox head
Concrete
ox · bull · cattle
Extended
strength · leader · first · the one in front
וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
Concrete
nail · peg · hook
Extended
to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
Concrete
staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
Extended
authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to consume, to destroy › strength, the leader › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads

To consume, to destroy of strength, the leader that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁאוֹל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

66 occurrences · 66 OT · 0 NT · 34 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

to the grave10 · 16%
hell6 · 10%
of hell6 · 10%
into hell4 · 7%
in the grave4 · 7%
of the grave4 · 7%
to hell4 · 7%
into the pit2 · 3%
the grave2 · 3%
in hell2 · 3%
as the grave2 · 3%
from hell2 · 3%
into the grave1 · 2%
than hell1 · 2%
me in the grave1 · 2%
of the pit1 · 2%
so doth the grave1 · 2%
of thee: in the grave1 · 2%
from the grave1 · 2%
unto the grave1 · 2%
at the grave's1 · 2%
on hell1 · 2%
therefore hell1 · 2%
and with hell1 · 2%
with hell1 · 2%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

שְׁא֣וֹל15שְׁא֖וֹל5שְׁא֛וֹל4שְׁאֹ֑לָה3מִשְּׁא֥וֹל3שְׁאֽוֹל׃3שְׁא֗וֹל2שְׁא֑וֹל2שְׁא֖וֹלָה2שְׁ֝א֗וֹל2שְׁאֹֽלָה׃2לִֽשְׁא֣וֹל1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.