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
to thrust down to Tartarus, to hold captive in Tartarus
Bibliography Information
Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Tartaroo". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon". <http://www.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=5020>.
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