Heaven

HEAVEN AND HELL



Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.



This study is to determine what the bible says about HEAVEN and HELL.



Is heaven a location somewhere out at the edge of our galaxy or some other location? What is Heaven like? What will we do in Heaven?



Is hell a place where lost souls suffer for ever and ever? Is the Devil in charge of Hell? Is Hell a place of fire and brimstone where the unbeliever will burn forever?



We will start this study of HEAVEN and HELL by getting a Hebrew and Greek definition of the words HEAVEN and HELL. Let’s start with heaven.



HEAVEN



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Strong's Hebrew 8064 - shamayim

שמים

Transliteration

shamayim
Pronunciation

shä·mah'·yim (Key)

Part of Speech

masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)

from an unused root meaning to be lofty

TWOT Reference

2407a


Outline of Biblical Usage

1) heaven, heavens, sky

a) visible heavens, sky

1) as abode of the stars

2) as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc

b) Heaven (as the abode of God)















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Strong's Hebrew 1534 - galgal

גלגל

Transliteration

galgal
Pronunciation

gal·gal' (Key)

Part of Speech

masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)

by reduplication from H1556

TWOT Reference

353i


Outline of Biblical Usage

1) wheel, whirl, whirlwind, whirling

a) wheel

b) whirl (of dust, chaff)



Authorized Version (KJV) Translation Count — Total: 11

AV — wheel 8, heaven 1, rolling thing 1, whirlwind 1



This word is translated into the word HEAVEN one time in Psalms 77:18.

Psa 77:18
The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.




































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Strong's Hebrew 7834 - shachaq

שחק

Transliteration

shachaq
Pronunciation

shakh'·ak (Key)

Part of Speech

masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)

from H7833

TWOT Reference

2367a


Outline of Biblical Usage

1) dust, cloud

a) fine dust

b) (thin) cloud



Authorized Version (KJV) Translation Count — Total: 21

AV — cloud 11, sky 7, heaven 2, small dust 1



Psa 89:6
For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD, who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

Psa. 89:37
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah






































Greek (New Testament)



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Strong's Greek 3772 - ouranos

οὐρανός

Transliteration

ouranos
Pronunciation

ü-rä-no's (Key)








Part of Speech

masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)

perhaps from the same as G3735 (through the idea of elevation); the sky

TDNT Reference

5:497,736
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Outline of Biblical Usage

1) the vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it

a) the universe, the world

b) the aerial heavens or sky, the region where the clouds and the tempests gather, and where thunder and lightning are produced

c) the sidereal or starry heavens

2) the region above the sidereal heavens, the seat of order of things eternal and consummately perfect where God dwells and other heavenly beings.







































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Strong's Greek 2032 - epouranios

ἐπουράνιος

Transliteration

epouranios
Pronunciation

ep-ü-rä'-nē-os (Key)

Part of Speech

adjective
Root Word (Etymology)

from G1909 and G3772

TDNT Reference

5:538,736
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Outline of Biblical Usage

1) existing in heaven

a) things that take place in heaven

b) the heavenly regions

1) heaven itself, the abode of God and angels

2) the lower heavens, of the stars

3) the heavens, of the clouds

c) the heavenly temple or sanctuary

2) of heavenly origin or nature













































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Strong's Greek 3321 - mesouranēma

μεσουράνημα

Transliteration

mesouranēma
Pronunciation

me-sü-rä'-nā-mä (Key)

Part of Speech

neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)

from a presumed compound of G3319 and G3772

TDNT Reference

n/a
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Outline of Biblical Usage

1) mid-heaven

2) the highest point in the heavens, which the sun occupies at noon, where what is done can be seen and heard by all.







Authorized Version (KJV) Translation Count — Total: 3

AV — midst of heaven 3



Psalm 119:89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.



Isaiah 66:1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me, and where is the place of my rest?



Acts 7:48-49 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me, saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?



1 Corinthians 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?



Ephesians 2:19-22 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.



New Heaven and Earth





Isaiah 11:6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.



Isaiah 65:25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.



Revelation 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.



Revelation 22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:



Romans 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.







































































HELL



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Strong's Hebrew 7585 - shĕ'owl

שאול

Transliteration

shĕ'owl
Pronunciation

sheh·ole' (Key)

Part of Speech

feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)

from H7592

TWOT Reference

2303c


Outline of Biblical Usage

1) sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit

a) the underworld

b) Sheol - the OT designation for the abode of the dead

1) place of no return

2) without praise of God

3) wicked sent there for punishment

4) righteous not abandoned to it

5) of the place of exile (fig)

6) of extreme degradation in sin



Authorized Version (KJV) Translation Count — Total: 65

AV — grave 31, hell 31, pit 3



Sheowl is the only word that was translated into HELL in the Old Testament. Sheowl is also translated to grave and pit.





In the New Testament we find three words that were translated into HELL. They are Geenna, Hades and Tartarus (Gehenna).Tartarus is Greek and Gehenna was the word that the Jews used.



Concordance Results (KJV)

Strong's Greek 1067 – Geenna Strong's Number G1067 matches the Greek γέεννα (geenna), which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the Greek concordance of the KJV
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Mat 5:22
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

Mat 5:29
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Mat 5:30
And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Mat 10:28
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Mat 18:9
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

Mat 23:15
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Mat 23:33
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

Mar 9:43
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

Mar 9:45
And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

Mar 9:47
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:

Luk 12:5
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

Jam 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.










































































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Strong's Greek 86 - hadēs

ᾅδης

Transliteration

hadēs
Pronunciation

hä'-dās (Key)

Part of Speech

proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)

from G1 (as negative particle) and G1492

TDNT Reference

1:146,22
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Outline of Biblical Usage

1) name Hades or Pluto, the god of the lower regions

2) Orcus, the nether world, the realm of the dead

3) later use of this word: the grave, death, hell

In Biblical Greek it is associated with Orcus, the infernal regions, a dark and dismal place in the very depths of the earth, the common receptacle of disembodied spirits. Usually Hades is just the abode of the wicked, Luk 16:23, Rev 20:13, 14; a very uncomfortable place. (TDNT)



Authorized Version (KJV) Translation Count — Total: 11

AV — hell 10, grave 1



Act 2:27
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Act 2:31
He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

1Cr 15:55
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

Rev 1:18
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold , I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

Rev 6:8
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

Rev 20:13
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

Rev 20:14
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.









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Strong's G5020 - tartaroō

ταρταρόω

Transliteration

tartaroō
Pronunciation

tär-tä-ro'-ō (Key)

Part of Speech

verb
Root Word (Etymology)

from Tartaros (the deepest abyss of Hell)

TDNT Reference

n/a


Outline of Biblical Usage

1) the name of the subterranean region, doleful and dark, regarded by the ancient Greeks as the abode of the wicked dead, where they suffer punishment for their evil deeds; it answers to Gehenna of the Jews

2) to thrust down to Tartarus, to hold captive in Tartarus



Authorized Version (KJV) Translation Count — Total: 1

AV — cast down to hell 1



2Pe 2:4
For if God spared not the angels that sinned , but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;














































Hell (eternal damnation)



Acts 24:15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.



Matthew 25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.



Matthew 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.



Matthew 22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.