Look up each passage chronologically and determine the meaning of the word in each context.
These are just the references that refer to Sheol
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1
Gen 37:35
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave[H7585] unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
Spiritual place where Joseph will see his son
2
Num 16:30
But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that [appertain] unto them, and they go down quick into the pit;[H7585] then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
Earthquake used for judgement
3
Deu 32:22
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell,[H7585] and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Spiritual
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Context after examining the verses
A temporary place where disembodied spirits go.
The physical body will return to being as the dust of the earth but the spirit continues on in Sheol.
It is also a place of torture and torment for the unrighteous.
