ᾅδης, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX ehiefly for שְׁאוֹל, also for דּוּמָה, מָוֶת, etc.;]
1. in Hom., Hades (Pluto), the god of the underworld.
2. the abode of Hades, the underivorld; in NT, the abode of departed spirits, Hades: ἐν τ. ᾅ., Lk 16:23; εἰς ᾅ., Ac 2:27, 31; πύλαι ᾅδου, Mt 16:18; κλεῖς τοῦ ᾅ., Re 1:18; metaph., ἕως ᾅ., Mt 11:23, Lk 10:15; personified, Re 6:820:13, 14 (Cremer, 67, 610; MM, VGT, s.v.).†