KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: A place beneath, associated with the dead, destruction, and confinement. Sense 2: The place of punishment and torment, described as hell fire and fire that never shall be quenched. Sense 3: By figure, the depths, pains, or destructive power of death and overwhelming affliction.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Deuteronomy 32:22
Complete exact-word concordance
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.
I am hee that liueth, and was dead: and behold, I am aliue for euermore, Amen, and haue the keyes of hell and of death.
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.
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse, & his name that sate on him was Death, and hell followed with him: and power was giuen vnto them, ouer the fourth part of the earth to kill with sword, & with hunger, and with death, and with the beastes of the earth.
1611 marginal noteOr, to him.
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.
And the sea gaue vp the dead which were in it: and death and hell deliuered vp the dead which were in them: and they were iudged euery man according to their works.
1611 marginal noteOr, hell.
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire: this is the second death.
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Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
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:
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
The place of torment.
The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death. […] The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the lower regions, or the grave […] The pains of hell temporal death, or agonies that dying persons feel, or which bring to the brink of the grave.
