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Episcopal Watch
Hell
(Taken from Strong’s Concordance and KJV)
Old Testament
7585 – she’ol – hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), incl. its accessories and inmates:--grave, hell, pit.-- from sha’al or sha’el
New Testament
1067 – geenna (of 1516 and 2011) valley of (the son of) Hinnom; gehenna, a valley of Jerusalem, used (fig.) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment; --hell
86 – hades (from 1492), unseen, i.e.: “Hades” or the place (state) of departed souls:--grave, hell
5020 – tartaroo – (the deepest abyss of Hades); to incarcerate in eternal torment:--cast down to hell
Nowhere is hell referred to as a place of fun and/or a meeting- place for friends.
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