What is hades?

Question

I see many give reference to hades, so I'm wondering if any of you know exactly what hades is.
Hades is a plural word. Hade is the singular word. It is a physical thing and can be seen and touched by people.
Another clue is that almost all of the people on the earth has seen hades, yet are unaware of it. I can guarantee that every single one of you, no matter where your located, that can see and read my question has seen hades at least once.
Hades can be found under ground, on the ground, and above the ground. Where is hades and why does hades exist? By the way, hades is a word that is used in place of another word, do you know what that word is? that word is the answer and clue to the question. What is hades?

Answer 1

Hades is a fictional ancient Greek character.

Answer 2

Death is a condition of mankind. Hades is man kinds common grave. These have been conditions of man since mans fall into sin. Death is called King In Romans 5:14 Death is on the move even now with the place we end up closely behind hades. Look at Revelation 20:13 and revelation 21:3-4 Hades will give up dead and death will be no more.

Answer 3

Hades is the Greek God of the Underworld, as well as the underworld itself. From Hades (providing you had a coin to pay Charon to take you across the river Styx), you could go to several places :

1. The great pit of Tartarus, which was originally the exclusive prison of the old Titan gods, but which later came to mean the dungeon home of the damned souls ; 2. Erebus, the Asphodel Fields, Stygia and Acherontia ; 3. The Islands of the Blessed or Elysian Islands ruled by Cronus, where the great heroes of myth resided after death ; 4. The Elysian Fields ruled by Rhadamanthys, where the virtuous dead and initiates in the ancient Mysteries were sent to dwell.

Answer 4

Hell is one of those subjects that makes people uncomfortable. We hear stories of hell being a place of fire, demons, and endless torment. Throughout history many authors have written about it, Dante's Inferno for example. Western culture is very familiar with the concept. Even Hollywood has made it the subject of many movies. Whatever the context, whatever the belief, hell is definitely taught in the Bible. But even the doctrine of hell is not without its controversy. Some say it is only the grave with no consciousness. Others say it is a place of correction and punishment that is not eternal. Others say it is an endless agonizing punishment in fire. Whichever it is, hell is the total absence of the favor of God.



The words associated with Hell



Gehenna

In the OT, the word for hell is 'ge-hinnom' meaning "Valley of Hinnom." It was a place to the southwest of Jerusalem. This place was once "called 'Topheth' and derived from an Aramaic word meaning 'fireplace.' It was here that some pagan kings practiced human sacrifice by fire (2 Chron. 28:3; 33:6; Jer. 7:31; 32:25)(1). This is probably why in the NT the word came to be associated with destruction by fire. The word 'gehenna' is found in the NT 12 times and every instance is spoken of by Jesus. In the NT, "gehenna" is used of a condition and never of a place.



Hades

This word only occurs in the NT, ten times, and corresponds to the OT word "sheol." Jesus uses the word four times: Matt. 11:23; 16:18; Luke 10:15; 16:23. The other six occur in Acts 2:27,31; Rev. 1:18; 6:8; 20:13,14.

It was probably the "subterranean abode of all the dead until the judgment. It was divided into two departments, paradise or Abraham's bosom for the good, and Gehenna or hell for the bad."(2) In particular, in the account of Lazarus and the Rich man of (Luke 16:19-31), it is the place of the conscious dead who are wicked.



Sheol

"The Hebrew word Sheol is probably derived from a root "to make hollow," and was seen as the common receptacle of the dead and in the great many places the word appears in the OT, it is referring to the grave.(3) It is a place and is mentioned in Gen. 37:35; Num. 16:30,33; Psalm 16:10, etc. Sheol has many meanings in scripture: the grave, the underworld, the state of the dead. It was supposed to be below the surface of the earth (Ezek. 31:15,17; Psalm 86:13).

Answer 5

Hades refers to both the ancient Greek underworld and the god of the dead. The word originally (as in Homer) referred to just the god; Άδού, Haidou its genitive, was an elision of "the house of Hades". Eventually, the nominative, too, came to designate the abode of the dead.



Hades and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon defeated the Titans and claimed rulership over the universe, ruling the underworld, sky, and sea, respectively. Hades is depicted as a grim figure.



Hades was also known as Pluto (from Greek Ploutōn), and was known by this name, as "the unseen one", or "the rich one", as well as Dis Pater and Orcus, in Roman mythology; the corresponding Etruscan god was Aita. The symbols associated with him are sceptre and cornucopia.



The term hades has sometimes been used in Christianity to mean the abode of the dead, where the dead would await Judgment Day either at peace or in torment.

Answer 6

Hades is a place of silence where the unsaved dead go, until the judgement on the last day when they awaken to the horror of having to face God with their sins unpaid for, when the great judgement happens both death and hades will be thrown into the "lake of fire" (hell)



The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence. - Psalm 115:17 kjv.



Revelation 20:13,14 nasv - And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

Answer 7

Hades just means the unseen place or the place of the dead and is a holding place where the unbelievers who die today go to be tormented until the day they are raised again and thrown into hell. That is what the bible teaches.

Answer 8

Hades is the greek god of the underworld.



it's also used in place of Hell. But really, "hades" was just the place of the dead, not a punishment. same as sheol in Judaism.





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Answer 9

Hades is the underworld in greek mythology.



I never touch it when it passes.



have a nice day and stay out of it.

Answer 10

not sure what you're talking about, but the hades i've heard of is 2 parts.



first being the greek god of the afterlife



the second being the greek afterlife. hades is broken into two parts: tartarus and elysium. tartarus being hell and elysium being heaven

Answer 11

Hades is what the ancient Greeks called hell!

Answer 12

I am on a work trip and I do not have the source. It is hell. Look from the back of your Bible and seek the work Sheol and hades or hell.

Answer 13

Hades is hell as described in Scripture.



I don't see hell as a plural.....it is a literal place or "topos" in the Greek.

Answer 14

The King James Version translates hai′des as “hell” in these texts, but the Revised Standard Version renders it “Hades,” with the exception of Matthew 16:18, where “powers of death” is used, though the footnote reads “gates of Hades.” “Hades” rather than “hell” is used in many modern translations.



The Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Scriptures (from Genesis to Malachi) uses the word “Hades” 73 times, employing it 60 times to translate the Hebrew word she’ohl′, commonly rendered “Sheol.” Luke, the divinely inspired writer of Acts, definitely showed Hades to be the Greek equivalent of Sheol when he translated Peter’s quotation from Psalm 16:10. (Ac 2:27) Inversely, nine modern Hebrew translations of the Christian Greek Scriptures use the word “Sheol” to translate Hades at Revelation 20:13, 14; and the Syriac translation uses the related word Shiul.



In all but two cases in which the word Hades is used in the Christian Greek Scriptures it is related to death, either in the verse itself or in the immediate context; the two other instances are discussed in the following paragraph. Hades does not refer to a single grave (Gr., ta′phos), or to a single tomb (Gr., mne′ma), or to a single memorial tomb (Gr., mne·mei′on), but to the common grave of mankind, where the dead and buried ones are unseen. It thus signifies the same as the corresponding word “Sheol,” and an examination of its use in all its ten occurrences bears out this fact.



In its first occurrence, at Matthew 11:23, Jesus Christ, in chiding Capernaum for its disbelief, uses Hades to represent the depth of debasement to which Capernaum would come down, in contrast with the height of heaven to which she assumed to exalt herself. Concerning the Christian congregation, Jesus said, at Matthew 16:18, that “the gates of Hades [“powers of death,” RS] will not overpower it.” Similarly, King Hezekiah, when on the verge of death, said: “In the midst of my days I will go into the gates of Sheol.” (Isa 38:10) It, therefore, becomes apparent that Jesus’ promise of victory over Hades means that its “gates” will open to release the dead by means of a resurrection, even as was the case with Christ Jesus himself.



Since Hades refers to the common grave of mankind, a place rather than a condition, Jesus entered within “the gates of Hades” when buried by Joseph of Arimathea. On Pentecost of 33 C.E., Peter said of Christ: “Neither was he forsaken in Hades nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus God resurrected, of which fact we are all witnesses.” (Ac 2:25-27, 29-32; Ps 16:10) Whereas “the gates of Hades” (Mt 16:18) were still holding David within their domain in Peter’s day (Ac 2:29), they had swung open for Christ Jesus when his Father resurrected him out of Hades. Thereafter, through the power of the resurrection given him (Joh 5:21-30), Jesus is the Holder of “the keys of death and of Hades.”—Re 1:17, 18.

Answer 15

Hell/Hades is the commond grave of mankind.

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Answer 16

its probably the lake of fire but references would help