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See also:HELL (0. Eng. See also:hel, a See also:Teutonic word from a See also:root meaning " to See also:cover," cf. Ger. Holle, Dutch hel) , the word used in See also:English both of the See also:place of departed See also:spirits and of the place of torment of the wicked after See also:death . It is used in the Old Testament to translate the See also:Hebrew Sheol, and in the New Testament the See also:Greek p;8ris, Hades, and y4vaa, Hebrew Gehenna (see See also:ESCHATOLOGY) . |
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