The Word Hell

Question:
1. Have we been taught correctly the true meaning of this word?
2. Has this word been used out of context of it’s true meaning?
3. As shown below, this word comes from Middle English, Old English, Old High German, Latin and Greek. Why then would this word be used/chosen in both the Old and New Testament?
4. The Tanach was written before these languages. The New Testament would have initially been written in Hebrew and translated into Greek. The Apostles would have used Hebrew.
5. When does the word Hell actually start to be used, and why?
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Main Entry: hell
Pronunciation: ‘hel
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English helan to conceal, Old
High German helan, Latin celare, Greek kalyptein
1 a nether world in which the dead continue to exist : HADES
2 the nether realm of the devil and the demons in which the damned suffer everlasting punishment, often used in curses “go to hell” or as a generalized term of abuse “the hell with it.”
2a a place or state of misery, torment, or wickedness “war is hell” b : a place or state of turmoil or destruction “all hell broke loose” c : a severe scolding; “gave me hell for coming in late” d : unrestrained fun or sportiveness “the kids were full of hell” often used in the phrase “for the hell of it,” especially to suggest action on impulse or without a serious motive “decided to go for the hell of it” e : an extremely unpleasant and often inescapable situation “rush-hour hell”
3 archaic : a tailor’s receptacle
4 used as an interjection “hell, I don’t know!” or as an intensive “hurts like hell” “funny as hell,” often used in the phrase “hell of a” “it was one hell of a good fight” or “hell out of” “scared the hell out of him” or with the or in “moved way the hell up north” “what in hell is wrong, now?”
– from hell : being the worst or most dreadful of its kind
– hell on : very hard on or destructive to “the constant traveling is hell on your digestive system”
– hell or high water : difficulties of whatever kind or size “will stand by her convictions come hell or high water”
– hell to pay : dire consequences “if he’s late there’ll be hell to pay”
– what the hell — used interjectionally to express a lack of concern about consequences or risks “it might cost him half his estate…but what the hell — N. W. Aldrich b1935”

Thought: By the above basic definitions and uses, the word “hell” whether capitalized or not seems to mean or be:
 To conceal
 A place or state of misery, torment or wickedness
 Various forms of cursing
 Indication of a serious situations
 Would also seem, when you say this word you are actually evoking a demonic with this name meaning “to conceal”.

The word Hell also comes up as the word Hades:
Hades
One entry found for Hades.

Main Entry: Ha·des
Pronunciation: ‘hA-(“)dEz
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek AidEs, ÃidEs, HaidEs
1 : PLUTO
2 : the underground abode of the dead in Greek mythology
3 : SHEOL
4 often not capitalized : HELL 1a

Encyclopedia Britannica Definition

Hell – The abode or state of being of evil spirits or souls that are damned to postmortem punishment. Derived from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning “to conceal,” or “to cover,” the term hell originally designated the torrid regions of the underworld, though in some religions the underworld is cold and dark. The concept of a state of being or place that separates the good from the evil… (Hmmm, concept)
Pluto
One entry found for Pluto.

Main Entry: Plu·to
Pronunciation: ‘plü-(“)tO
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin Pluton-, Pluto, from Greek PloutOn
1 : the Greek god of the underworld — compare DIS
2 [New Latin] : the planet with the farthest mean distance from the sun — see PLANET table

Sheol
One entry found for Sheol.

Main Entry: She·ol
Pronunciation: shE-‘Ol, ‘shE-“
Function: noun
Etymology: Hebrew She’Ol
: the abode of the dead in early Hebrew thought

Ti·tan (tīt’n) n. Greek Mythology. One of a family of giants, the children of Uranus and Gaea, who sought to rule heaven and were overthrown and supplanted by the family of Zeus. Greeks of the Classical age knew of several poems about the war between the gods and Titians.

The Twelve Titans, in Greek mythology: Oceanus, Tethys, Hyperion, Theia, Coeus, Phoebe, Rhea, Mnemosyne, Metis, Themis, Crius, Iapetus. Sons of: Iapetus, Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius.

The Twelve Olympians, in Greek mythology, were the principal gods of the Greek pantheon, residing atop Mount Olympus. There were, at various times, fourteen different gods recognized as Olympians, though never more than twelve at one time. Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Ares, Hermes, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, and Artemis are always considered Olympians. Hestia, Demeter, Dionysus, and Hades are the variable gods among the Twelve. Hestia gave up her position as an Olympian to Dionysus in order to live among mankind (eventually she was assigned the role of tending the fire on Mount Olympus). Demeter was allowed to leave Olympus six months of the year to be with her daughter, Persephone in Hades (causing winter). And, although Hades was always one of the principal Greek gods, his home in the underworld of the dead made his connection to the Olympians more tenuous.

The Olympians gained their supremacy in the world of gods after Zeus led his siblings to victory in war with the Titans; Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia, and Hades were siblings; all other Olympians (with the usual exception of foam-born Aphrodite) are usually considered the children of Zeus by various mothers (except for Athena, who was possibly born of Zeus alone). Additionally, it is also possible that Hephaestus was born of Hera.

Hades: the place

There were several sections of Hades, including the Elysian Fields (contrast the Christian Paradise or Heaven), and Tartarus, (compare the Christian Hell). Greek mythographers were not perfectly consistent about the geography of the Afterlife. A contrasting myth of the Afterlife concerns the Garden of the Hesperides, often identified with the Isles of the Blessed.
In Roman mythology, an entrance to the underworld located at Avernus, a crater near Cumae, was the route Aeneas used to descend to the Underworld. By synecdoche, “Avernus” could be substituted for the underworld as a whole. The Inferi Dii were the Roman gods of the underworld.
The deceased entered the underworld by crossing the river Acheron, ferried across by Charon (kair’-on), who charged an obolus, a small coin for passage, placed under the tongue of the deceased by pious relatives. Paupers and the friendless gathered forever on the near shore. The far side of the river was guarded by Cerberus, the three-headed dog defeated by Heracles (Roman Hercules). Beyond Cerberus, the shades of the departed entered Tartarus, the land of the dead.
The five rivers of Hades are Acheron, Cocytus, Phlegethon, Lethe and Styx. See also Eridanus. (Interesting: The Garden originally had 4 rivers and one head river for a total of 5.)
The first region of Hades comprises the Fields of Asphodel, described in Odyssey xi, where the shades of heroes wander despondently among lesser spirits, who twitter around them like bats. Only libations of blood offered to them in the world of the living can reawaken in them for a time the sensations of humanity (compare vampires). (Thought: these libations, probably a type of demonic as well.)
Beyond lay Erebus, which could be taken for a euphonym of Hades, whose own name was dread. There were two pools, that of Lethe, where the common souls flocked to erase all memory, and the pool of Mnemosyne (“memory”), where the initiates of the Mysteries drank instead. In the forecourt of the baleful palace of Hades and Persephone sit the three judges of the Underworld: Minos, Rhadamanthys and Aeacus. There at the trivium sacred to Hecate, where three roads meets, souls are judged, returned to the Fields of Asphodel if they are neither virtuous nor evil, sent by the road to Tartarus if they are impious or evil, or sent to Elysium with the heroic blessed. (It would seem then, the term “hell” has as it’s original meaning a pagan connotation of what happens to people after they die if they reject Yashua versus what actually happens. It would seem also that the translators the bible borrowed this understanding and incorporated it into the word without seeking the Ruach HaChodesh of Yah to confirm.)
Hades: the person
In Greek mythology, Hades (the “unseen” also “Hell, Helan-to conceal”), the god of the underworld, was a son of the Titans: Cronus and Rhea. He had three older sisters, Hestia, Demeter, and Hera, as well as two younger brothers, Poseidon and Zeus: together they accounted for half of the Olympian gods. Cronus, fearing that his children would grow to depose him, devoured them upon birth, with the exception of Zeus and, according to some accounts, Hera. Upon reaching adulthood Zeus managed to force his father to disgorge his siblings. After their release the six younger gods, along with allies they managed to gather, challenged their parents and uncles for power in Titanomachy, a divine war. The war lasted for ten years and ended with the victory of the younger gods. Following their victory Hades and his two younger brothers, Poseidon and Zeus, drew lots for realms to rule. Zeus got the sky, Poseidon got the seas, and Hades received the underworld, the unseen realm to which the dead go upon leaving the world. Metaphorically, each one received one object: Zeus, a thunder spear; Poseidon, a trident; and Hades, a helmet that gave invisibility to its carrier.
Hades obtained his eventual consort, Persephone, through trickery, a story that connected the ancient Eleusinian Mysteries with the Olympian pantheon. Hades ruled the dead, assisted by demons over whom he had complete authority. He strictly forbade his subjects to leave his domain and would become quite enraged when anyone tried to leave, or if someone tried to steal his prey from him. (Thought: Hades or Hell does not rule the dead. The Word tells us that Yashua has been given the keys to “all things-things in Heaven, on Earth, and for this discussion, Hell”. The angels who fell with Hellel, went through a status change as all things do. Hellel became Hasatan-the adversary, the angels became demonics. It is possible that since the angels had various ranks in heaven, these ranks carried through after the fall in the form of Olympians, Titans so called by various cultures. Regardless to what any culture calls them, they are still the same thing.)
Besides Heracles, the only other living persons who ventured to the Underworld were all heroes: (Thought: possibly another level of fallen angel-messenger. So the term “hero” appears to also be a word that would evoke a demonic.) Er, (Thought: Perhaps this is why one of Judah’s sons died, look at who-what he is named after.) Odysseus, Aeneas, and Theseus. None of them was especially pleased with what they witnessed in the realm of the dead. In particular, the Trojan War hero Achilles, whom Odysseus met in Hades (although some believe that Achilles dwells in the Isles of the Blest), said: “Do not speak soothingly to me of death, glorious Odysseus. I should choose to serve as the hireling of another, rather than to be lord over the dead that have perished.” —Achilles’ soul to Odysseus. Homer, Odyssey 11.488
Worship
Hades was a fearsome figure to those still living; in no hurry to meet him, they were reticent to swear oaths in his name. (Note: They knew enough not to swear or actually speak his name. They understood that speaking a name was prophetic; was speaking into existence; was evoking. Hades or Hell not simply a place but another name for Hasatan. Perhaps an additional deception was worked by those who had this level of knowledge on the unsuspecting population by teaching that hell, hades was a place and hasatan was a being; thereby creating a way to control the people and getting them to do all manner of evil to keep from going to “hell ie going to hasatan.”) To many, simply to say the word “Hades” was frightening. So, a euphemism was pressed into use. Since precious minerals come from under the earth (ie, the “underworld” ruled by Hades), he was considered to have control of these as well, and was referred to as “Ploutos”, Greek “wealth”. This explains the name given him by the Romans, Pluto. Sophocles explained referring to Hades as “the rich one” with these words: “the gloomy Hades enriches himself with our sighs and our tears.” In addition, he was called Clymenus (“notorious”), Eubuleus (“well-guessing”), and Polydegmon (“who receives many”). (Note: the word notorious, and the phrase well-guessing and who receives many also evoke demonic since they are fallen ones as well.) Although he was an Olympian (hierarchy of a fallen one), he spent most of the time in his dark realm (Note: remember the meaning of his name: to conceal or hidden. So the true meaning of his name is also concealed or hidden. It isn’t so much where but who or what.) Formidable in battle, he proved his ferociousness in the famous Titanomachy, the battle of the Olympians versus the Titans, which established the rule of Zeus. (Another thought: in Greek as well as Roman mythology, this battle could also be an allusion to the conflict we read about in scripture when Hellel rebelled against YHVH and lost. But of course Hellel would tell it as he won-as part of his name/nature hidden or to conceal.)
Because of his dark and morbid personality he was not especially liked by either the gods nor the mortals. His character is described as “fierce and inexorable”, and of all the gods he was by far most hated by mortals. He was not, however, an evil god, for although he was stern, cruel, and unpitying, he was still just. Hades ruled the Underworld and therefore most often associated with death and was feared by men, but he was not Death itself — the actual embodiment of Death was Thanatos. (Note: just more deception. Simply walking out the meaning of his name; to conceal or hidden.)
When the Greeks prayed to Hades, they banged their hands on the ground to be sure he would hear them. Black animals, such as sheep, were sacrificed to him, and it is believed that at one time even human sacrifices were offered. The blood from sacrifices from Hades dripped into a pit so it could reach him. The person who offered the sacrifice had to turn away his face. Every hundred years festivals were held in his honor, called the Secular Games. (Hmm….is this the real meaning/purpose of the “Olympic Games?” The make it more acceptable to the people, instead of sacrificing blood, sweat and tears is sacrificed?)
Hades’ weapon was a two-pronged fork (note: the weapon of Yashua is a two-edged sword-his word/Torah), which he used to shatter anything that was in his way or not to his liking, (which Yashua uses to tear down and destroy the lies, and that which is hidden and concealed by the enemy.) much as Poseidon did with his trident (that is who Poseidon is/represents). This ensign of his power was a staff (Thought: hell, hades, hasatan has probably tried to steal the rod/staff of YHVH. He knows the power of it. It was given to ADAM in the Garden) with which he drove the shades (hmm….another form or type of demonic? There are times when shades or shadows can be frightening?) of the dead into the lower world.
His (hell or hades) identifying possessions included a famed helmet, given to him by the Cyclopes (another demonic or name probably for hasatan) which made anyone who wore it invisible (yes, invisible to the truth of his true hidden and concealed nature and identity). Hades was known to sometimes loan his helmet of invisibility to both gods and men (such as Perseus). (Of course, once you submitted to the will of hell, hades or hasatan, it was if you became invisible; you lost your ability to think, reason, discern properly.) His dark chariot, drawn by four coal-black horses, always made for a fearsome and impressive sight. His other ordinary attributes were the Narcissus and cypress plants, the Key of Hades and Cerberus, the three-headed dog. (unclean is unclean) He sat on an ebony (no light. The throne of YHVH is pure light) throne. One as Hera’s revenge for Zeus’s solo birth of Athena.
Hades: (hā”dēz), n. The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave.
And death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them. Rev. xx. 13 (Rev. Ver.).
Neither was he left in Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. Acts ii. 31 (Rev. Ver.).
And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments. Luke xvi. 23 (Rev. Ver.).

By Webster Dictionary

For the French nuclear ballistic missile system, see Hades (missile).
Hades (Greek: ‘Άιδης – Háidēs or ‘Άδης – Hadēs) (“unseen”) means both the ancient Greek abode of the dead and the god of that Underworld. Haidou was the genitive form of the word, meaning “the house of Hades”; its nominative form, Haides, was originally a designation of the abode of the dead. (A related Hebrew word, She’Ol, for the abode of the dead also meant literally “unseen.”)
The corresponding Roman god was Pluto, Dis Pater or Orcus; the corresponding Etruscan god was Aita. In Norse mythology the goddess Hel ruled the Underworld. “Hades” is sometimes employed by Christians as a classicizing euphemism for their Hell, which otherwise has few of the attributes of Hades.
Other names
 Άιδης
 Aides
 Aiidoneus
 Haides
 Pluton
 Ploutos
 The Rich One
 The Unseen One
In Roman Mythology
 Pluto
 Pluton
 Dis
 Dis Pater
 Orcus
Noun:
1. Hades – (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone
Synonyms: Pluto, Aides, Aidoneus
2. Hades – (religion) the world of the dead; “he didn”t want to go to hell when he died”
Synonyms: Hel, Hell, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol, underworld

By Word Net Dictionary

Hades: (hā”dēz), n. The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave.
And death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them. Rev. xx. 13 (Rev. Ver.).
Neither was he left in Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. Acts ii. 31 (Rev. Ver.).
And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments. Luke xvi. 23 (Rev. Ver.).

Dis Pater
In Roman mythology, the god Dis Pater (“the wealthy father”) (kind of made me think of a title used in some countries for the pope) was an underworld deity later subsumed by Pluto, the Roman Hades. Every one hundred years, a festival called the Ludi Tarentini was celebrated in his name. He was considered the ancestor of the Gauls. Alternative: Dispater, (Hmmm, makes me think of the word dispatcher.) Dis
Hades in art
Hades is rarely represented in classical arts, save in the Rape of Persephone. Hades was a graceful dark figure. (Thought: not totally true, as in “Christian Art” he is represented as a man in a red suit with a pitchfork ie. the trident of Poseidon.)
Persephone
The consort of Hades, and the archaic queen of the Underworld in her own right, before the Hellene Olympians were established, was Persephone, represented by the Greeks as daughter of Zeus and Demeter. Persephone did not submit to Hades willingly, but was abducted by him while picking flowers with her friends. Even Zeus was powerless to get her out of the Underworld when her mother, Demeter, asked him to act on her behalf.
Eventually a deal was made, with the messenger god Hermes acting as the mediator: Persephone would spend half the year with her mother, the goddess of the harvest, and the other half with Hades. (A variation placed Persephone with Hades for two-thirds of the year and with Demeter for only one third.) The Greeks believed that while Persephone was with Hades, her mother missed her so much that she withdrew her gifts from the world and winter came. In the spring, when Persephone rejoined her mother, Demeter would make things grow again. (Thought: could the terms of spring, winter, summer, and fall actually be names of demonics? How does YHVH identify. Is it even correct to even say “seasons-could that word actually be a demonic or a type of legion as well?)
Orpheus and Eurydice
Hades showed mercy only once: Because the music of Orpheus was so hauntingly sad, he allowed Orpheus to bring his wife, Eurydice, back to the land of the living as long as she walked behind him and he never tried to look at her face until they got to the surface. Orpheus agreed but, yielding to the temptation to glance backwards, failed and lost Eurydice again, to be reunited with her only after his death. During the Renaisance period, this story was changed so that Orpheus got Eurydice back. (Keep the lie going to control the masses!)
Leuce and Mintho
Like his brother Zeus and other ancient gods, Hades (hell, hasatan-to conceal or hidden) was not the most faithful of husbands. He pursued and loved the nymph Mintho and to punish her for this, his jealous wife Persephone turned Mintho into the plant called mint (Gee! so what do you call it?). Likewise, the nymph Leuce, who was also ravished by him, was metamorphosed by Hades into a white poplar tree (maybe why in the Tanach we see YHVH speak to it being forbidden to bow down to trees; he knew about this belief and it was a form of worship of hades, hell, hasatan) after her death.
Theseus and Pirithous
Hades imprisoned Theseus and Pirithous, who had pledged to marry daughters of Zeus. Theseus chose Helen and together they kidnapped her and decided to hold onto her until she was old enough to marry. (Hmmm, kind of a reverse of Tamar with Judah and his 3 sons.) Pirithous chose Persephone. They left Helen with Theseus’ mother, Aethra and travelled to the underworld. Hades pretended to offer them hospitality and set a feast; as soon as the pair sat down, snakes coiled around their feet and held them there. Theseus was eventually rescued by Heracles.
Heracles
Heracles’ final labour was to capture Cerberus. First, Heracles went to Eleusis to be initiated into the Eleusinian Mysteries. He did this to absolve himself of guilt for killing the centaurs and to learn how to enter and exit the underworld alive. He found the entrance to the underworld at Tanaerum. Athena and Hermes helped him through and back from Hades. Heracles asked Hades for permission to take Cerberus. Hades agreed as long as Heracles didn’t harm him, though in some versions, Heracles shot Hades with an arrow. When Heracles dragged the dog out of Hades, he passed through the cavern Acherusia.

(Author: Devorah)