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sheol


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sheol  \She"ol\  (sh[=e]"[=o]l),  n.  [Heb.  sh[e^][=o]l.] 
  The  place  of  departed  spirits;  Hades;  also  the  grave. 
 
  For  thou  wilt  not  leave  my  soul  to  sheol.  --Ps.  xvi. 
  10.  (Rev. 
  Ver.) 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Sheol 
  (Heb.,  "the  all-demanding  world"  =  Gr  Hades,  "the  unknown 
  region"),  the  invisible  world  of  departed  souls.  (See  {HELL}.)