1. The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death. Matthew 10:28; Luke 12:5.

Sin is hell begun, as religion is heaven anticipated.

2. The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the lower regions, or the grave; called in Hebrew, sheol, and by the Greeks, hades. Psalm 16:10; Jonah 2:2.

3. The pains of hell, temporal death, or agonies that dying persons feel, or which bring to the brink of the grave. Psalm 18:5.

4. The gates of hell, the power and policy of Satan and his instruments. Matthew 16:18.

5. The infernal powers.

While Saul and hell cross'd his strong fate in vain.

6. The place at a running play to which are carried those who are caught.

7. A place into which a tailor throws his shreds.

8. A dungeon or prison.