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Proverbs 30:16
“The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שְׁאוֹלshᵉʼôwl · sheh-ole'
H7585 · Hebrew
H7585 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
- Derivation
- or שְׁאֹל; from H7592 (שָׁאַל);
- KJV renderings
- grave, hell, pit.
- Grammar
- שְׁאוֹל֮ — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 66 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 37:35Genesis 42:38Genesis 44:29Genesis 44:31Numbers 16:30
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שְׁאוֹל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.