How to Pronounce Sheol

SHEE-ol

Sheol is pronounced SHEE-ol: two syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: SHEE-ohl.

What is Sheol?

(Heb., “the all-demanding world” = Gr. Hades, “the unknown region”), the invisible world of departed souls. (See HELL.)

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

Also pronounced

SHEE-ohl

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