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Hades

Hades Meaning & Definition
Hades Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hades?

[n] (in various religions) the world of the dead; "he didn't want to go to hell when he died"
[n] (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hades: Aides | Aidoneus | Hel | Hell | infernal region | netherworld | Pluto | Scheol | underworld

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hades: Abaddon | Acheron | Agdistis | Aides | Aidoneus | Amenti | Amor | Aphrodite | Apollo | Apollon | Aralu | Ares | Artemis | Ate | Athena | avichi | Bacchus | Cerberus | Ceres | Charon | Cora | Cronus | Cupid | Cybele | Demeter | Despoina | Diana | Dionysus | Dis | Dis pater | Erebus | Eros | Gaea | Gaia | Ge | Gehenna | Great Mother | Hel | Helios | hell | Hephaestus | Hera | Here | Hermes | Hestia | Hymen | Hyperion | infernal regions | inferno | jahannan | Jove | Juno | Jupiter | Jupiter Fidius | Jupiter Fulgur | Jupiter Optimus Maximus | Jupiter Pluvius | Jupiter Tonans | Kore | Kronos | limbo | Loki | lower world | Magna Mater | Mars | Mercury | Minerva | Minos | Mithras | Momus | Naraka | Neptune | nether world | Niflheim | Niflhel | Nike | Olympians | Olympic gods | Ops | Orcus | Osiris | Pandemonium | perdition | Persephassa | Persephone | Phoebus | Phoebus Apollo | pit of Acheron | place of torment | Pluto | Poseidon | Proserpina | Proserpine | purgatory | Rhadamanthus | Rhea | Satan | Saturn | shades below | Sheol | Tartarus | Tellus | the abyss | the bottomless pit | the grave | the pit | Tophet | underworld | Venus | Vesta | Vulcan | Zeus

See Also | Acheron | Cocytus | Greek deity | imaginary place | Lethe | River Acheron | River Cocytus | River Lethe | River Styx | Styx

Hades In Webster's Dictionary

\Ha"des\, n. [Gr.? + ? to see. Cf. {Un-}, {Wit}.] 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.).

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