Category:Sheol

She"ol, n. Etym: [heb. sh.]

Defn: the place of departed spirits; hades; also, the grave. For thou wilt not leave my soul to sheel. Ps. xvi. 10. (rev. Ver.)

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Sheol - (Heb., "the all-demanding world" = Gr. Hades, "the unknown region"), the invisible world of departed souls. (See HELL.)