Jun 132010
Derivation
- Hebrew: a cave
Article
In the Old Testament times it was the place where the souls of the dead abide: the land of oblivion (Psalm 87); called Hades in the Greek New Testament (Luke 16), and later used as a synonym for Gehenna, the hell of torments, the Latin infernus. Souls were treated according to their merit; the just looked for liberation.
MLA Citation
- “Sheol”. New Catholic Dictionary. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 June 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/sheol/>