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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.).

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

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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