Definition

properly, unseen, i.e. "Hades" or the place (state) of departed souls

Etymology

from G1 (Α) (as negative particle) and G1492 (εἴδω);

Where the KJV renders it

• grave
• hell

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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