HELL DEFINITION.

Hell is an English word to translate 4 Scriptural terms: -Hebrew 'Sheol' and Greek 'Hades' refer to the World of the Dead; Tartarus is the place of punishment for fallen angels awaiting final judgment; Greek
'Gehenna' is the place and condition of just retribution saved for the post-judgment impenitent.
- Sheol was the grave and the shadowy realm of the dead, where the human way of life no longer exists.
-Hades is a preparatory place where the souls await their end. Sheol and Hades are understood as the dark and gloomy abodes of the dead. The belief in resurrection means GOD would bring the dead from Hades back to life -a return of corporeal life; a life for resurrected spirits in Heaven. GOD will bring the soul form Hades and the body from the grave to be rejoined in resurrection. At the resurrection death ceases, and Hades will be closed. Both death and Hades diminish into the lake of fire.
Revelation 20 says, "Then I saw a great White Throne and HIM Who sat upon it; from HIS Presence Earth and Sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing Before the Throne, and Books were opened. Also another Book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the Books, by what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead in them, and all were judged by what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the Lake of Fire. This is the 2nd Death, the Lake of Fire; and if any one's name was not found written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the Lake of Fire." (11-15)
- Gehenna refers to the final place of retribution, an eternal doom for the wholly wicked.
In Jewish point of view, Death means separation of body and soul. Yet no harm occurs after death, for the soul remains secure. The Old Testament makes no reference to torture once persons are relegated to Sheol.
JESUS did not proclaim a doctrine of Hell nor describe damnation, and spoke only marginally of Hell.
Matthew 25 says, "Cast the worthless servant into the outer Darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth. When the Son of Man comes in His Glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His Glorious Throne. Before Him will be gathered all the nations, and He will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and He will place the sheep at His Right Hand, but the goats at the Left. Then the King will say to those at His Right Hand: 'Come, O blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the World; for I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed Me, I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me, I was in prison and you came to Me.' Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? And when did we see You a stranger and welcome You, or naked and clothe You? And when did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?' And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these My Brethren, you did it to Me.' Then He will say to those at His Left Hand, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the Eternal Fire prepared for the Devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave Me no food, I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome Me, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.' Then they also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?' Then He will answer them, 'Truly,I say to you,
as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to Me.' And they will go away into the Eternal punishment, but the righteous into Eternal life. " (30-46)