Sheol
E344090
Sheol is the ancient Hebrew concept of the shadowy underworld or abode of the dead, where all souls go after death.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sheol canonical | 5 |
| Barzakh (intermediate state) | 1 |
| שְׁאוֹל | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3285896 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sheol Context triple: [Hell, hasAlternativeName, Sheol]
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A.
Duat
Duat is the ancient Egyptian underworld and realm of the dead, overseen by Osiris and traversed by souls in their journey after death.
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B.
Hell
Hell is a supernatural underworld realm commonly depicted in religion and fiction as a place of torment, demons, and the damned.
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C.
Tartarus
Tartarus is the deep, gloomy abyss in Greek mythology used as a dungeon of torment and imprisonment for the Titans and other divine enemies.
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D.
Niflheim
Niflheim is the primordial, icy realm of cold and mist in Norse mythology, often associated with darkness, fog, and the origins of cosmic creation.
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E.
Helheim
Helheim is the cold, misty underworld realm in Norse mythology ruled by the goddess Hel, where many of the dead reside.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sheol Target entity description: Sheol is the ancient Hebrew concept of the shadowy underworld or abode of the dead, where all souls go after death.
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A.
Duat
Duat is the ancient Egyptian underworld and realm of the dead, overseen by Osiris and traversed by souls in their journey after death.
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B.
Hell
Hell is a supernatural underworld realm commonly depicted in religion and fiction as a place of torment, demons, and the damned.
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C.
Tartarus
Tartarus is the deep, gloomy abyss in Greek mythology used as a dungeon of torment and imprisonment for the Titans and other divine enemies.
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D.
Niflheim
Niflheim is the primordial, icy realm of cold and mist in Norse mythology, often associated with darkness, fog, and the origins of cosmic creation.
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E.
Helheim
Helheim is the cold, misty underworld realm in Norse mythology ruled by the goddess Hel, where many of the dead reside.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abode of the dead
ⓘ
ancient Hebrew concept ⓘ religious cosmological concept ⓘ underworld ⓘ |
| accessDescribedAs | through the grave ⓘ |
| appearsInText |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
|
| associatedWithConcept |
afterlife
ⓘ
death ⓘ grave ⓘ pit ⓘ underworld ⓘ |
| associatedWithEmotion |
hopelessness
ⓘ
sorrow ⓘ |
| associatedWithState | forgetfulness ⓘ |
| category |
Jewish eschatology
ⓘ
ancient Near Eastern underworlds ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | heaven ⓘ |
| cosmologicalLocation | under the earth ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| describedAs |
abode of the dead
ⓘ
shadowy underworld ⓘ |
| developedInto | more differentiated afterlife concepts in later Jewish thought ⓘ |
| etymologyHypothesis | possibly related to Hebrew root meaning "to ask" or "to demand" ⓘ |
| functionInBeliefSystem | destination of all souls after death in early Israelite thought ⓘ |
| inhabitants |
all human dead
ⓘ
righteous dead ⓘ wicked dead ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedInBook |
Ezekiel
ⓘ
Hosea ⓘ Isaiah ⓘ Job ⓘ Proverbs ⓘ
linked to:
Book of Proverbs
Psalms ⓘ |
| moralDistinction |
generally absent in earliest conceptions
ⓘ
not originally divided into heaven and hell ⓘ |
| nameInHebrewScript |
שְׁאוֹל
ⓘ
linked to:
Sheol
|
| perceivedAs |
place cut off from God
ⓘ
place of darkness ⓘ place of silence ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Hades
ⓘ
Netherworld ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| statusInLaterTheology | sometimes reinterpreted or spiritualized ⓘ |
| temporalContext | ancient Near Eastern religion ⓘ |
| translationInEnglishBibles |
grave
ⓘ
hell ⓘ pit ⓘ |
| translationInSeptuagint | Hades ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sheol Description of subject: Sheol is the ancient Hebrew concept of the shadowy underworld or abode of the dead, where all souls go after death.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
the Day of Resurrection
linked to: Sheol
linked to: Sheol
subject linked to:
descent of Christ to the dead (Harrowing of Hell)