In Job 26:6, 28:22 (Heb. abaddon) is sheol, the realm of the dead.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Concept
Destruction
Hebrew & Greek words with this meaning
- H2018הֲפֵכָהhăphêkâhdestruction
- H4892מַשְׁחֵתmashchêthdestruction
- H2822חֹשֶׁךְchôshekthe dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
- H1097בְּלִיbᵉlîyproperly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.
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