G5020Greektartarōsas

ταρταρώσας

to incarcerate in eternal torment

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Old Testament
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New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1the name of the subterranean region, doleful and dark, regarded by the ancient greeks as the abode of the wicked dead, where they suffer punishment for their evil deeds; it answers to gehenna of the jews
  • 2to thrust down to tartarus, to hold captive in tartarus

Etymology & Derivation

from ???????? (the deepest abyss of hades)