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Name of God’s Son

ΑΔΗΣ, αδης

ADĒS, adēs

Sounds Like: AH-dees

Translations: Hades, the underworld, the grave, death

From the root: ΑΔΗΣ

Part of Speech: Proper Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the realm of the dead, often translated as 'Hades' or 'the underworld'. It is conceived as a place where the spirits of the departed reside. It can also refer to the personification of this realm, or more generally to the grave or death itself. It is typically used as a singular noun.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G0086 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' The Jewish War
  • Book Three — 8:36
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΔΗΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

  • ΑΔ — Hades, of Hades, to Hades
  • ΑΔΗ — Hades, the grave, the underworld, death, (to) Hades, (to) the grave, (to) the underworld, (to) death, (of) Hades, (of) the grave, (of) the underworld, (of) death
  • ΑΔΗΝ — Hades, (to) Hades, (into) Hades, (to) the grave, (into) the grave, (to) death, (into) death, (to) the underworld, (into) the underworld
  • ΑΔΟΝΥ — of Hades, of the underworld, of the grave
  • ΑΔΟΥ — of Hades, of the underworld, of the grave, of the realm of the dead

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