Is Hell in the Bible? The answer is more complicated than you think
The word “Hell” does not appear in the original texts of the Bible; it is an English translation used to render four distinct Hebrew and Greek terms that carry different meanings. These terms include Sheol (the Old Testament grave or realm of the dead), Hades (the Greek equivalent of Sheol), Gehenna (a valley near Jerusalem associated with fire and judgment), and Tartarus (a place of imprisonment …
