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Webster 1913 Edition

(hā′dēz)

Noun.

[Gr.

ἄ,δης

Ὰἰδης

;

ἀ

priv. +

ἰδεῖν

to see. Cf.

The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave.

And death and

Hades

gave up the dead which were in them.

Rev. xx. 13 (Rev. Ver.).

Neither was he left in

Hades

, nor did his flesh see corruption.

Acts ii. 31 (Rev. Ver.).

And in

Hades

he lifted up his eyes, being in torments.

Luke xvi. 23 (Rev. Ver.).