Where in the old testament is hellfire mentioned?

Answer 1

Chistian Answer:

Hell is first mentioned in the Old Testament: Isaiah 66:24 reads: "And they will go out and look upon the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind."

Jewish Answer

There is no mention of Hell at all in the Hebrew Bible. The above verse does not refer to hell, according to Jewish tradition. In fact, there is no Hebrew word for Hell.

First Mention, God said:

Deu 32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Answer 2

One thought:

The word that is often translated 'hell' in some Bibles, is, infact, mentioned several times in the Old Testament (or the Hebrew Scriptures).

This word is 'Sheol' in Hebrew(Old Testament)

and 'Hades' in Greek(New Testament).

It basically means 'the grave'....a place of inactivity and unconsciousness(Psalm 146:3-4)

(Ecclesiastes 9:10) "Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge shall be in hell, whither thou art hastening."(DRA)(Psalm 6:5)(Psalm 115:17)(Ecclesiastes 9:5)(Job 17:13-16)

(Psalm 16:10) "For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption."(KJV) This was a Messianic prophecy fulfilled in Jesus, when he was resurrected from the grave(Acts 13:32-37)

(Jonah 2:1-2) " . .Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice."(KJV)(Psalm 30:3)

(Psalm 18:5) "The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me..."(KJV) spoken my faithful King David during a difficult time in his life, when he feared for his life.(Psalm 30:2-3)(Psalm 49:5)

(Job 14:13) Job prayed that God would "... protect me inhell...(DRA) "...hide me in thegrave..."(KJV). "...hide me inSheol..."(ASV)...."and appoint me a time when thou wilt remember me...", thus asking for protection in 'hell'(the grave).

(Psalm 89:48) "Who is a man, that shall live, and shall not see death; shall (he) deliver his soul from the hand ofhell?" (DRA)"...from the hand of thegrave?(KJV) "... from the power ofSheol?"(ASV(Psalm 116:1-4)(Psalm 139:7-8)

Answer 3

In the King James version

the word - hell - appears 54 times throughout the Old and New Testaments,

31 times in the Old Testament

1. Deu 32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
2. 2 Sam 22:6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
3. Job 11:8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
4. Job 26:6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
5. Psa 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
6. Psa 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
7. Psa 18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
8. Psa 55:15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
9. Psa 86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
10. Psa 116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
11. Psa 139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
12. Pro 5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
13. Pro 7:27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
14. Pro 9:18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
15. Pro 15:11 Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
16. Pro 15:24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
17. Pro 23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
18. Pro 27:20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
19. Isa 5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
20. Isa 14:9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
21. Isa 14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
22. Isa 28:15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
23. Isa 28:18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
24. Isa 57:9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
25. Eze 31:16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
26. Eze 31:17 They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.
27. Eze 32:21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
28. Eze 32:27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
29. Amo 9:2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
30. Jon 2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
31. Hab 2:5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

and 23 in the New Testament

1. Mat 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
2. Mat 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
3. Mat 5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
4. Mat 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
5. Mat 11:23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
6. Mat 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
7. Mat 18:9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
8. Mat 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
9. Mat 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
10. Mar 9:43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
11. Mar 9:45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
12. Mar 9:47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
13. Luk 10:15 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.
14. Luk 12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
15. Luk 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
16. Act 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
17. Act 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
18. Jam 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
19. 2 Pet 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
20. Rev 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
21. Rev 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
22. Rev 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
23. Rev 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

Answer 4

No, the word devil is from Greek διάβολος (diabolos), meaning the accuser. In the old testament he is called satan or in Hebrew - an adversary, one who opposes. Both words are descriptions of his character rather than an actual name.

Answer 5

See for example Isaiah 66:24.

Answer 6

never