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Ha·des

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–noun

Classical Mythology.

a.	the underworld inhabited by departed souls.

b.	the god ruling the underworld; Pluto.

2.	(in the Revised Version of the New Testament) the abode or state of the dead.

3.	(often lowercase) hell.

[Origin: 1590–1600

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n. Geology
The angle of inclination from the vertical of a vein, fault, or lode.

[Origin unknown.]

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n.

Greek Mythology
1. The god of the netherworld and dispenser of earthly riches.
2. This netherworld kingdom, the abode of the shades of the dead.
also hades Hell.

[Greek Haidēs; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]

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Hades

1597, from Gk. Haides, in Homer the name of the god of the underworld, of unknown origin. The name of the god transferred in later Gk. writing to his kingdom.

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hades
noun
1.	(Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone [syn: Pluto]
2.	(religion) the world of the dead; "No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognis [syn: Hell]

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Hades

[Roman name Pluto]

The Greek and Roman god of the underworld and the ruler of the dead. Also called Dis. The underworld itself was also known to the Greeks as Hades.

Note: The Greek and Roman underworld later became associated with the hell of Christianity, as in the expression “hot as Hades.”

[Chapter:] Mythology and Folklore

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Hades

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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Hades

that which is out of sight, a Greek word used to denote the state or place of the dead. All the dead alike go into this place. To be buried, to go down to the grave, to descend into hades, are equivalent expressions. In the LXX. this word is the usual rendering of the Hebrew sheol, the common receptacle of the departed (Gen. 42:38; Ps. 139:8; Hos. 13:14; Isa. 14:9). This term is of comparatively rare occurrence in the Greek New Testament. Our Lord speaks of Capernaum as being "brought down to hell" (hades), i.e., simply to the lowest debasement, (Matt. 11:23). It is contemplated as a kind of kingdom which could never overturn the foundation of Christ's kingdom (16:18), i.e., Christ's church can never die. In Luke 16:23 it is most distinctly associated with the doom and misery of the lost. In Acts 2:27-31 Peter quotes the LXX. version of Ps. 16:8-11, plainly for the purpose of proving our Lord's resurrection from the dead. David was left in the place of the dead, and his body saw corruption. Not so with Christ. According to ancient prophecy (Ps. 30:3) he was recalled to life.

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