Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The god of the netherworld and dispenser of earthly riches.
- noun This netherworld kingdom, the abode of the shades of the dead.
- noun Hell.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek myth: The lord of the lower world, a brother of Zeus, and the husband of Persephone (Proserpine).
- noun In the Greek New Testament and in the revised English version, the state or abode of the dead indefinitely: often taken as equivalent to purgatory, the intermediate state of the dead, or to hell. See
hell . - noun [lowercase] The infernal regions; hell.
- noun In zoology: A genus of lepidopterous insects.
- noun A genus of coleopterous insects.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Greek mythology The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of
Cronus andRhea , brother toZeus ,Poseidon - proper noun Greek mythology the underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god
- proper noun In the Septuagint Bible, the
Greek translation ofSheol - proper noun
Hell
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone
- noun (religion) the world of the dead
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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People all over the net are talking about CNN and their PROMOTION of Palin. .what in Hades is wrong with the news company.
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People in general appear to imagine that the term Hades is connected with the invisible (aeides) and so they are led by their fears to call the God Pluto instead.
The CRATYLUS Plato 1975
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People in general appear to imagine that the term Hades is connected with the invisible (aeides) and so they are led by their fears to call the God Pluto instead.
Cratylus 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855
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In the Greek Septuagint translation of the Old Testament and in the New Testament, the Greek word Hades is used to translate Sheol.
Archive 2007-10-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2007
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In the Greek Septuagint translation of the Old Testament and in the New Testament, the Greek word Hades is used to translate Sheol.
Serrmon on Lazarus and Dives Fr Timothy Matkin 2007
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Therefore it did not seem repulsive to translate the Greek word "Hades," the
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Where in Hades did all these manufactured chemicals come from, and how come no one warned me about them?
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I am to the point now where I really don't give a hoot in Hades who the politician is that is the incumbent, (D) or (R), I want them all gone so we can start over.
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I am to the point now where I really don't give a hoot in Hades who the politician is that is the incumbent, (D) or (R), I want them all gone so we can start over.
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Where in Hades did all these manufactured chemicals come from, and how come no one warned me about them?
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