Strongs Number: G5020
- Greek Word
- ταρταρόω
- Transliteration
- tartaroō
- Phonetic
- tar-tar-o'-o
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to incarcerate in eternal torment
- Thayers Definition
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1. the 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
2. to thrust down to Tartarus, to hold captive in Tartarus
- Origin
- From Τάρταρος Tartaros̄ (the deepest abyss of Hades)
- Bible Usage
- cast down to hell.