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Hell
(1,595 words)
1. The word ‘hell’ (from Old English
hel, in turn from
helan, ‘to cover,’ ‘to conceal’) in Germanic languages denotes a ‘hidden’ realm of the dead. The corresponding words in romance languages mean, more precisely, a ‘subterranean realm’ (Lat.,
infernum, akin to Eng. ‘infernal’; Fr.,
enfers). In the earliest traditions, the underworld is the region where all of the dead continue their existence—where earthly existence endures in reduced format (Heb.,
sheol; ancient Gk.,
hades [Homer]). Punishment and retribution are not yet the foremost connotations. A further basic …
Source:
The Brill Dictionary of Religion
