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Hell in the Bible
The word “hell” is used 54 times in the Bible. It is translated from several different words with various meanings, as indicated below:
In the Old Testament:
- 31 times from the Hebrew “Sheol,” which means “the grave”
In the New Testament:
- 10 times from the Greek “Hades,” which means “the grave”
- 12 times from the Greek “Gehenna,” which means “a place of burning”
- 1 time from the Greek “Tartarus,” which means “a place of darkness”
What is Purgatory?
A tradition held by the Catholic Church that teaches people who are not good enough to be worthy of heaven, but not bad enough to deserve hell, suffer in an intermediary state until their sins are purged. But is it in the Bible?
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