ταρταρο G5020:
TARTARUS

Illustrations of English words derived from the Greek in the New Testament.


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Tartarus graphic for Greek word in Bible

By Gaylon West.



PASSAGES IN NEW TESTAMENT
from KJ Concordance

Total KJV Occurences: Only 1 time in the NT.
2 Peter 2:4, "For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell [tartarus G5020], and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;"


ENGLISH HISTORY
of word from ETYMONLINE.COM

Tartarus (n.) in Homer and older Greek mythology, the sunless abyss below Hades, from Greek Tartaros, of uncertain origin; "prob. a word of imitative origin, suggestive of something frightful" [Klein]. Later in Greek almost synonymous with Hades.
      Added note in etymonline.com:
Iapetus a titan, son of Uranus and Gaia; Latinized form of Greek Iapetos, which is of uncertain origin. It has been connected with biblical Japheth or with Greek iaptein "to put forth, send forth" (perhaps as "the one thrown" by Zeus into Tartaros" or "the one who throws" a spear, etc.). Beekes finds these improbable and suggests that, as the name of a pre-Olympian god, it is a Pre-Greek word.

GREEK DEFINITIONS
from THAYER'S
Thayer Definition:

G5020

ταρταρόω

tartaroō

Thayer Definition:

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

Part of Speech: verb

A Related Word by Thayer's/Strong's Number: from Tartaros (the deepest abyss of Hell)

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My Comment on Thayer's (gw). Thayer gives the Gehenna explanation as an interpretive comment and not its definition. Greek Gehenna (hell) seems to me to actually refer to the everlasting punishment (Matthew 25:41) following the resurrection at Christ's return. The rich man and Lazarus parable (Luke 16:19f) tells of the uncharitable rich man being separated in death (in Hades) where he is tormented in flames before the resurrection since he mentions his five brothers were still living (v.28). And the angels that sinned are said to be currently in a place called Tartarus according to 2 Peter 2:4. Yet, Tartarus is definitely similar to Gehenna. It definitely can be identified as equivalent or a precursor to final Gehenna since both were prepared originally for the devil and his angels (Matthew 25:41 and 2 Peter 2:4) and there is torment with the same pain and punishment. Finally, Hebrews 9:27 does place judgment (the ultimate crisis for us all) after death.

 

GREEK DEFINITIONS
from STRONG'S HEBREW AND GREEK DICTIONARIES

Strong's # G5020

ταρταρόω

tartaroō

tar-tar-o'-o

From Τάρταρος Tartaros̄ (the deepest abyss of Hades); to incarcerate in eternal torment: - cast down to hell.


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