שְׁאוֹל
šĕʾôl
Shᵉ’ōl
Strong's H7585NounHebrewTWOT 2303c

שְׁאוֹל (šĕʾôl) is a Hebrew noun meaning Shᵉ’ōl. It appears 66 times in 17 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7585).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2303c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2303c)Shᵉ’ōl, underworld, place of inquiry; hades, retreat; grave, hell, pit
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שְׁאוֹל noun, feminine: Shᵉ’ōl, underworld, place of inquiry

Strong's H7585 שְׁאוֹל: hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
KJV:grave, hell, pit.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2303: שָׁאַל šāʾal — ask, inquire; ask for, borrow, seek, desire, inquire of, consult; ask for oneself; inquire carefully, beg, practise beggary; let, give, lend, on request, grant, make over to; request, demand; lay to charge, enquire, greet…

See it in Scripture

Genesis 37:35Deuteronomy 32:221 Samuel 2:6

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