"Sheol". Hebrew, Sheől.

This Is Appendix 35 From The Companion Bible.

The first occurrence of this word is in Genesis 37:35, where it is

rendered "grave". It occurs sixty-five times in the Hebrew of the

Old Testament; and only by studying each passage by itself can the

student hope to gather the Biblical usage of the word. All heathen

or traditional usages are not only worthless, but mischievous. The

following are all the passages where the word "Sheol" occurs, with

the rendering in each passage indicated thus:

1. = grave, 2. = pit, 3. = hell.

1. Genesis 37:35.

1. Genesis 42:38.

1 Genesis 44:29,31.

2. Numbers 16:30,33.

3. Deuteronomy 32:22.

1. 1Samuel 2:6.

3. 2Samuel 22:6.

1. 1Kings 2:6,9.

1. Job 7:9.

3. Job 11:8.

1. Job 14:13.

1. Job 17:13.

2. Job 17:16.

1. Job 21:13.

1. Job 24:19.

3. Job 26:6.

1. Psalm 6:5.

3. Psalm 9:17.

3. Psalm 16:10.

3. Psalm 18:5.

1. Psalm 30:3.

1. Psalm 31:17.

1. Psalm 49:14,14,15.

3. Psalm 55:15. (margin grave).

3. Psalm 86:13. (margin grave).

3. Psalm 88:3.

1. Psalm 89:48.

3. Psalm 116:3.

3. Psalm 139:8.

1. Psalm 141:7.

1. Proverbs 1:12.

3. Proverbs 5:5.

3. Proverbs 7:27.

3. Proverbs 9:18.

3. Proverbs 15:11,24.

3. Proverbs 23:14.

3. Proverbs 27:20.

1. Proverbs 30:16.

1. Ecclesiastes 9:10.

1. Song of Solomon 8:6.

3. Isaiah 5:14.

3. Isaiah 14:9 (margin grave).

1. Isaiah 14:11.

3. Isaiah 14:15.

3. Isaiah 28:15,18.

1. Isaiah 38:10.

1. Isaiah 38:18.

3. Isaiah 57:9.

1. Ezekiel 31:15.

3. Ezekiel 31:16,17.

3. Ezekiel 32:21,27.

1. Hosea 13:14,14.

3. Amos 9:2.

3. Jonah 2:2 (margin grave).

3. Habakkuk 2:5.

As meaning "THE grave," it is to be distinguished from keber, A

grave, or burying-place (from kabar, to bury, first occurrence

Genesis 23:4): and bőr, a pit, generally hewn in the rock, hence used

of a cistern (Genesis 37:20) or a dugeon, and etc., when dry. (See

note below on the word "well" in Genesis 21:19.)

Note on Genesis 21:19.

° well. Hebrew beer, a well (digged): not ayin, a spring or

fountain; or bőr, a cistern (hewn).