Definition for Hell:

• In the Old Testament this is the word generally and unfortunately used by our translators to render the Hebrew Sheol . It really means the place of the dead, the unseen world, without deciding whether it be the place of misery or of happiness. It is clear that in many passages of the Old Testament Sheol can only mean " the grave," and is rendered in the Authorized Version; see, for example, ( Genesis 37:35 ; 42:38 ; 1 Samuel 2:6 ; Job 14:13 ) In other passages, however, it seems to Involve a notion of punishment, and is therefore rendered in the Authorized Version by the word " hell." But in many cases this translation misleads the reader. In the New Testament " hell" is the translation of two words, Hades and Gehenna . The word Hades , like Sheol sometimes means merely " the grave," ( Acts 2:31 ; 1 Corinthians 15:55 ; Revelation 20:13 ) or in general " the unseen world." It is in this sense that the creeds say of our Lord, " He went down into hell," meaning the state of the dead in general, without any restriction of happiness or misery. Elsewhere in the New Testament Hades is used of a place of torment, ( Matthew 11:23 ; Luke 16:23 ; 2 Peter 2:4 ) etc.; consequently it has been the prevalent, almost the universal, notion that Hades is an intermediate state between death and resurrection, divided into two parts one the abode of the blest and the other of the lost. It is used eleven times in the New Testament, and only once translated " grave." ( 1 Corinthians 15:55 ) The word most frequently used ( occurring twelve times) in the New Testament for the place of future punishment is Gehenna or Gehenna of fire . This was originally the valley of Hinnom, south of Jerusalem, where the filth and dead animals of the city were cast out and burned; a fit symbol of the wicked and their destruction. [ See HINNOM]

Synonyms for Hell:

• n.

  •bottomless pit (noun)
  • fire brimstone,
  • bottomless-pit,
  • hadeses.
  •hel (noun)
  • hel.
  •hell (noun)
  • bedlam,
  • horror,
  • gehenna,
  • furnace,
  • hades,
  • pandemonium,
  • abyss,
  • oven,
  • morass,
  • inferno,
  • styx,
  • mire,
  • holocaust,
  • limbo.
  •hellhole (noun)
  • hellhole.
  •hereafter (noun)
  • After-life,
  • after-lives,
  • future existences,
  • offings,
  • after-world,
  • after worlds,
  • the beyonds,
  • under-worlds,
  • next worlds,
  • to bes,
  • under worlds,
  • to-bes,
  • afterworlds,
  • after-time,
  • after lives,
  • after world,
  • after-worlds,
  • aftertimes,
  • world come,
  • be yond,
  • be-yond,
  • under-world,
  • otherworlds,
  • under world.
  •perdition (noun)
  • perdition.
  •place of the condemned; bad situation (noun)
  • agony,
  • nether world,
  • hell-fire,
  • anguish,
  • lower world,
  • fire and brimstone,
  • wretchedness,
  • grave,
  • place of torment,
  • misery,
  • affliction,
  • blazes,
  • Abaddon,
  • difficulty,
  • everlasting fire.
  •snake pit (noun)
  • snake pit.
  •the pit (noun)
  • the pit.
  •the pits (noun)
  • the pits.
  •torment (noun)
  • pain in neck,
  • pro-vocations,
  • pro vocation,
  • pain neck,
  • pro vocations,
  • excruciations.

• Other synonyms:

  •OH
  • Ouch.
  •Scheol
  • scheol.
  •
  • fate,
  • afterlife,
  • overcrowding,
  • entanglement,
  • nightmare,
  • plight,
  • heavenly,
  • rat race,
  • victimhood,
  • double bind,
  • poetic justice,
  • information overload,
  • toils,
  • double whammy,
  • do without,
  • misfortune,
  • whammy,
  • imbroglio,
  • stalemate,
  • phooey,
  • treadmill,
  • suffering,
  • the pearly gates,
  • quagmire,
  • Dang,
  • infernal,
  • the hereafter,
  • misadventure,
  • paradise,
  • the school of hard knocks,
  • logjam,
  • no-win situation,
  • bitter pill,
  • pressure-cooker,
  • slippery slope,
  • deadlock,
  • the hot seat,
  • Humph,
  • travail,
  • juggling act,
  • impasse,
  • perfect storm,
  • ordeal,
  • dilemma,
  • living hell.
  •
  • crisis,
  • blessed,
  • darn,
  • persecution,
  • imposition,
  • horror story,
  • palaver,
  • jungle,
  • cul de sac,
  • torture,
  • nuts,
  • discomfort,
  • whirlpool,
  • dead-end,
  • blasted,
  • immortality,
  • eternity,
  • tragedy,
  • gridlock,
  • death,
  • bad hair day,
  • the doldrums,
  • carnage,
  • precious,
  • tangle,
  • hardship.
  •
  • suppose,
  • battle,
  • could,
  • spiral,
  • frolic,
  • honestly,
  • black hole.
  •
  • curse,
  • night,
  • indeed,
  • tension,
  • revel,
  • rotten,
  • might,
  • not,
  • rub,
  • jam,
  • trial,
  • constant,
  • scrape.
  •
  • trap,
  • distress.
  •
  • crunch,
  • stress,
  • oh,
  • lovely,
  • spot,
  • brother.
  •
  • trouble,
  • test,
  • knock.
  •
  • shoot,
  • corner.
  •
  • fix.
  •
  • well.
  •
  • man,
  • low.

Paraphrases for Hell:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    inferno.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    inferno.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    hellhole, hellfire.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    bollocks, devil.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    riflemen, Marksmen, Capita, nightmare, HEII, mess, whorehouse, brothel, heaven, delirium, horror, bordello, cathouse, blood, misery, horrible, devil, demon, bloodshed, fiend, terrible, mermaid.
  • Adverb
    yes, motherfuck.
  • Interjection
    curses, ringlets, balls, Rats, bollocks, motherfuck.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    heller.
  • Interjection
    devil.

Antonyms for Hell:

• n.

  • place of the condemned; bad situation
    calm, contentment, peace, health, happiness, joy, comfort, heaven, pleasure.

Homophones for Hell:

• hallah, heal, Helle, howl, hehl, halle, hyla, hallway, haul away, hel, hilly, hoyle, hula-hula, halley, holy, hollow, heel, hallel, haley, holy oil, hill, hollo, hellhole, Hillel, hall, hawala, hello, hela, hl, hullo, halo, heal all, hail, holloa, hilo, halloo, hallow, holla, haul, halal, hull, hula, hole, hale, holly, holey.