ᾅδης, -ου, ὁ [in LXX ehiefly for שְׁאוֹל, also for דּוּמָה, מָוֶת, etc;] 1) in Hom,
Hades (Pluto), the god of the underworld. 2)
the abode of Hades, the underivorld; in NT, the abode of departed spirits,
Hades: ἐν τ. ᾅ, Luk.16:23; εἰς ᾅ, Act.2:27,31; πύλαι ᾅδου, Mat.16:18; κλεῖς τοῦ ᾅ, Rev.1:18; metaphorically, ἕως ᾅ, Mat.11:23, Luk.10:15; personified, Rev.6:8 20:13,14 (Cremer, 67, 610; MM,
VGT, see word). (
AS)