McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Lower Parts Of The Earth

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Lower Parts Of The Earth


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( úִּçְúּéּåֹú àֶøֶåֹ ), properly valleys (Isa_44:23); hence, by extension, Sheol, or the under-world, as the place of departed spirits (Psa_63:9; Eph_4:9), and by meton any hidden place, as the womb (Psalm 131:15). In the original of Eze_26:20; Eze_32:18; Eze_32:24, the words are transposed, and used in the second sense.