What does ᾅδης (háidēs) mean in the Bible?
ᾅδης (háidēs): The realm of the dead and departed spirits, distinct from the final judgment's fiery punishment of Gehenna
Greek · G86
ᾅδης
Hell: Hades
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ᾅδης G86
Pronunciation háidēs
What does ᾅδης (háidēs) mean in the Bible?
ᾅδης (háidēs): The realm of the dead and departed spirits, distinct from the final judgment's fiery punishment of Gehenna
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G86?
The BSB source-word alignment has 10 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Hades (9), of Hades (1).
Where does ᾅδης (háidēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 11:23. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (4), Acts (2), Luke (2), Matthew (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Hades 9× Matthew 11:23, Luke 10:15, Luke 16:23, Acts 2:27
of Hades 1× Matthew 16:18
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Matthew 11:23 ᾅδου to Hades Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Matthew 16:18 ᾅδου to of Hades Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Luke 10:15 ᾅδου to Hades Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Luke 16:23 ᾅδῃ to Hades Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Acts 2:27 ᾅδην to Hades Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 2:31 ᾅδην to Hades Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Revelation 1:18 ᾅδου to Hades Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Revelation 6:8 ᾅδης to Hades Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 20:13 ᾅδης to Hades Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 20:14 ᾅδης to Hades Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 11:23
Aligned rows 10
Books represented 4
Matthew 2 Luke 2 Acts 2 Revelation 4
Source forms
ᾅδου 4x hadou Matthew 11:23, Matthew 16:18, Luke 10:15, Revelation 1:18
ᾅδης 3x hadēs Revelation 6:8, Revelation 20:13, Revelation 20:14
ᾅδην 2x hadēn Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31
ᾅδῃ 1x hadē Luke 16:23
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 4x Matthew 11:23, Matthew 16:18, Luke 10:15, Revelation 1:18
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 3x Revelation 6:8, Revelation 20:13, Revelation 20:14
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 2x Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 16:23
Evidence Summary
Greek word. The realm of the dead and departed spirits, distinct from the final judgment's fiery punishment of Gehenna
Strong's G86
Lexical occurrences 10 verses Greek text appearances 11 times Word forms 4 forms 10 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 16:19–31 Source Gloss
hell: Hades
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
11 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 11:23 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ᾅδου adou
Hades
Read verse Matthew 16:18 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ᾅδου adou
Hades
Read verse Luke 10:15 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ᾅδου adou
Hades
Read verse Luke 16:23 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
ᾅδῃ adh
Hades
Read verse Acts 2:27 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ᾅδου, adou
Hades
Read verse Acts 2:31 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ᾅδου, adou
Hades
Read verse 1 Corinthians 15:55 Noun Singular Masculine
ᾅδη, adh
Hades
Read verse Revelation 1:18 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ᾅδου adou
Hades
Read verse Revelation 6:8 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ᾅδης adhv
Hades
Read verse Revelation 20:13 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ᾅδης adhv
Hades
Read verse Revelation 20:14 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ᾅδης adhv
Hades
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 10 Case pattern Genitive (4) Number pattern Singular (10)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Rev 6:8 · Rev 20:13 · Rev 20:14 3×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 11:23 · Matt 16:18 · Luke 10:15 · Rev 1:18 4×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Luke 16:23 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Acts 2:27 · Acts 2:31 2×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
realm of the dead
Showing 1 selected witness from 10 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ᾅδης is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Describes conscious postmortem existence. Luke 16:19–31
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain