Sheol

[ shee-ohl ]

noun

1. the abode of the dead or of departed spirits.
2. (lowercase) hell.

Sheol

/ -ɒl; ˈʃiːəʊl /

noun

1. the abode of the dead
2. often not capital hell

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sheol¹

First recorded in 1590–1600, Sheol is from the Hebrew word shəʾōl

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sheol¹

C16: from Hebrew shĕ'ōl

Example Sentences

The “Book of Hell” is determinedly Western and Christian in emphasis: Bruce regards Hades, together with Gehenna—where kings of Judah were said to sacrifice children by fire—and Sheol, the place of darkness awaiting all of us according to the Hebrew Bible, as the forerunners of Christianity’s fire and brimstone.

From The New Yorker

Designed by Malcolm MacLean and Torcuil Crichton, the lighting effect on the artwork, named Sheòl an Iolaire, Gaelic for “the Iolaire sailed”, changes as the tide comes in and recedes.

From The Guardian

If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol,’” a Hebrew word loosely translated as hell, Bowes said in court documents.

From Time

Her career is put into jeopardy after a friendly fire incident shortly after they’re deployed to the planet Sheol.

From The Verge

Titled “Sheol,” the darkness of the underworld told in the Hebrew Bible is reframed using the Modern abstract motif of a traditional black-painting.

From Los Angeles Times