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In the course of the 1st millennium CE, Jewish scholars [which?] developed an elaborate system of seven heavens, named: [5] [6] [7]. Vilon (Hebrew: וִילוֹן, Tiberian: Wīlōn, Curtain) [8] or Araphel (Hebrew: עֲרָפֶל, Tiberian: ʿĂrāp̄el, Thick Cloud): [9] The first heaven, governed by Archangel Gabriel, is the closest of heavenly realms to the Earth; it is also considered the ...
The 16th century Tyndale and later translators had access to the Greek, but Tyndale translated both Gehenna and Hades as same English word, Hell. The 17th century King James Version of the Bible is the only English translation in modern use to translate Sheol, Hades, and Gehenna by calling them all "Hell."
Appearing to the right of the scripture reference is the Strong's number. This allows the user of the concordance to look up the meaning of the original language word in the associated dictionary in the back, thereby showing how the original language word was translated into the English word in the KJV Bible. Strong's Concordance includes:
Biblical text on a synagogue in Holešov, Czech Republic: "Hashem kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up." (1 Samuel 2:6)Sheol (/ ˈ ʃ iː. oʊ l,-əl / SHEE-ohl, -uhl; Hebrew: שְׁאוֹל Šəʾōl, Tiberian: Šŏʾōl) [1] in the Hebrew Bible is the underworld place of stillness and darkness which lies after death.
Hans Dieter Betz notes that in Jesus' time blessed was a common way of describing someone who is wealthy. In his discussion of Croesus in Herodotus, for instance, the link between being blessed and being wealthy is assumed [vague]. [2] Similarly, Albright and Mann prefer the word "fortunate" to "blessed" for makarios.
It is contrasted with the term Yesh (Hebrew: יֵשׁ, lit. ' there is/are ' or ' exist(s) '). According to kabbalistic teachings, before the universe was created there was only Ayin, the first manifest Sephirah (Divine emanation), and second sephirah Chochmah (Wisdom), "comes into being out of Ayin."
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Mastema (Hebrew: מַשְׂטֵמָה Masṭēmā; Ge'ez: መሰቴማ Mesetēma), Mastemat, or Mansemat, [1] [2] is an angel or evil angel in the Book of Jubilees. [3] He first appears in the literature of the Second Temple Period as a personification of the Hebrew word mastemah (מַשְׂטֵמָה), meaning "hatred", "hostility", "enmity ...