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Often fire is used to give an image of hell, for example in [[Mathew 5:22]], [[Matthew 25]]:41-46, [[Luke 3:9]]
Sometimes darkness is used as an image of hell, for example in [[Matthew 22:13]] and [[Luke 13:28]] ====Words for Hell==== The words [[sheol]] (Hebrew), [[hades]] (Greek), [[gehenna]] (Greek, from Hebrew), and [[tartarus]] (Greek) are sometimes translated as "hell" The word "Hades" of the New Testament is the Greek translation of the Hebrew word "Sheol" of the Old Testament ([[Acts 2:2227]], [[Psalm 16:10]]). Gehenna was an earthly place used as a metaphor for the eternal destruction of evil. It comes from Hebrew and means "[[Gorge of Hinnom]]" (Ge-28Hinnom). In the time of the [[Old Testament]] it was a place where children were sacrificed to the Ammonite god [[Molech]] ([[2 Kings 23:10]]).
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