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Nave Topical Bible
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Scofield Reference Index
• Hell
Thompson Chain Reference
• Hell
The Topic Concordance
• Hell
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Hell
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Hell
Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
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• Descent Into Hell
American Tract Society
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Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
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Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Hell, Descent Into
• Hell
• Descent Into Hell (Hades)
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Hell (2)
• Hell
CARM Theological Dictionary
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Hell (3)
• Hell (2)
• Hell
King James Dictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Maximilian Hell
• Hell, Maximilian
• Hell, Harrowing of
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
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People's Bible Dictionary
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Smith Bible Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
• Hell-Haunted
• Hell-Diver
• Hell-Cat
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Hell
• Hell, Gates of
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Descent (Christs) Into Hell.
• Hell
• Hell Punishments, Nature of
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Hell Fire
• Hell Gate
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Harrowing of Hell
• Hell
• Maximilian Hell
The Jewish Encyclopedia
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Lexicons
• ܓ݁ܺܗܰܢܳܐ
Girdleston's OT Synonyms
• Destruction, Death, Hell
• ᾅδης
• γέεννα
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• שְׁאוֹל

(0. Eng. hel, a Teutonic word from a root meaning "to cover," cf. Ger. Mille, Dutch hel), the word used in English both of the place of departed spirits and of the place of torment of the wicked after death. It is used in the Old Testament to translate the Hebrew Sheol, and in the New Testament the Greek On g, Hades, and y€EVva, Hebrew Gehenna (see Eschatology) .