The word in Scripture

Hell in the Bible

The word hell appears 54 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Hell is the reality of judgment and separation from God, spoken of soberly in Scripture. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What hell means in the Bible

Hell is the reality of judgment and separation from God, spoken of soberly in Scripture.

Where the word hell appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word hell appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.”Psalms 55:15

“The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.”Psalms 116:3

“But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.”Proverbs 9:18

“Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.”Isaiah 14:15

“Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?”Matthew 23:33

“And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.”Luke 10:15

“And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.”Luke 16:23

“And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.”Revelation 20:14