Jan 4, 2022 · In all of these instances, the Abyss is a place for the containment of evil spirits. Many Bible scholars believe that this is the same place referred to in 2 Peter 2:4 as “hell,” where some evil spirits are “in chains of darkness to be held for judgment.”

Nov 8, 2024 · The different terms used in the Bible for heaven and hell—sheol, hades, gehenna, the lake of fire, paradise, and Abraham’s bosom—are the subject of some debate and can be hard to keep straight.

Jan 4, 2022 · “Bottomless pit” is one word in the Greek of the New Testament and is literally the “ abyss,” which means “bottomless, unbounded, the pit, or the immeasurable depth.”

In a later extended sense in intertestamental Jewish literature, the abyss was the underworld, either the abode of the dead (Sheol) or eventually the realm of the rebellious spirits (fallen angels) (Hell). In the latter sense, specifically, the abyss was often seen as a prison for demons.

The Old Testament talks about Sheol, the recesses of Sheol, Abaddon, and heaven, while the New Testament uses the terms like Hades, hell or Gehenna, the abyss or Tartarus, the lake of fire, Paradise, and heaven.

In the Revelation, we read about Hades, the Abyss, Hell, Paradise, Heaven, and the New Heaven and Earth. Understanding where each of these places are located, what their purposes are, and who is in them is an important part of understanding the Revelation.

Nov 13, 2011 · When one reads the Bible, he encounters the terms Abyss or Bottomless Pit, Tartarus, Hades, Hell, Gehenna, and the Lake of Fire. Just exactly what are these? None of these is visible on the face of the earth.

Mar 28, 2019 · Do the words 'abyss' and 'tartarus' refer to hell? No, they do not. The abyss is a watery grave, and tartarus is a Greek mythological legend.

Sheol, Hades, Hell, the Place of Torment, the Abyss, the Bottomless Pit, Tartarus, Gehenna, the Lake of Fire and Outer Darkness are all the names of places of punishment and death. What do we know about them? Where are they?

As nouns the difference between abyss and hell is that abyss is hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean while hell is a place or situation of great suffering in life.