The place where people go after they die, including both good and bad people.
Key References
And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
All Scripture References (10)
Matthew (2)
And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
Luke (2)
And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!
In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
Acts (2)
Revelation (4)
the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.
The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.