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  • Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
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HADES

(See also Gehenna; Hell; Sheol)

ancient Greek belief: sh 54; w89 10/1 5

differs from Bible usage: it-1 1016

Greek god: sh 54; w89 10/1 5

Capernaum to ‘come down to’ (Mt 11:23; Lu 10:15): it-1 412, 1016; w88 6/1 30

discussion: it-1 1015-1016; bh 212-213; bi12 1645; g86 4/22 27

follows horsemen of Revelation 6: it-1 1016; re 96-97; w05 5/1 17; g87 3/8 9-10; w86 1/1 7

“gates of Hades” (Mt 16:18): it-1 897-898, 1016

Hebrew equivalent: it-1 1016; it-2 923; pe 82

“hell” a poor translation: it-1 1086-1087

“hurled into the lake of fire” (Re 20:14): it-1 1016; re 300; wt 86-87; g86 4/22 26-27

Jesus in (Ac 2:25, 27, 31): it-1 1016; w08 11/1 9; rs 170

Jewish belief in Paradise compartment in: it-2 575-576

“keys of death and of Hades” (Re 1:18): it-1 897-898; it-2 149; re 28; wt 83

meaning of term: it-1 1015-1016; nwt 1700; bi12 1645; pe 82-83; rs 169-171

not a grave: it-1 379, 994-995, 1016; bh 212

misconceptions:

paradise compartment: it-2 575-576; rs 286

occurrences in Christian Scriptures: bi12 1645

relationship to abyss: it-1 35; re 288

relationship to sea (Re 20:13): it-1 1016

resurrection from: bh 212-213; w08 11/1 9

rich man in (Lu 16:23): ijwbq article 187; it-1 1016, 1181; pe 88-89

understanding clarified (1880): w89 3/15 19-20

use in New World Translation: w15 12/15 11; nwt 1723; wt 82

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