UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ταρταρόω

MainId: 004926000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: τ

StrongCodes: G5020

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 004926001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 004926001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 1.25

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Geographical Objects and Features

      LEXSubDomains: Regions Below the Surface of the Earth

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-06-13 15:56:53

         DefinitionShort: (derivative of τάρταρος ‘Tartarus,’ ‘hell,’ as a place of torture or torment, not occurring in the NT) to cast into or to cause to remain in Tartarus

         Glosses: ['to hold in Tartarus', 'to cast into hell']

         Comments: In many cases it is confusing to add still another term for a designation of hell by transliterating the Greek τάρταρος, and so most translators have preferred to render ταρταρόω as either ‘to cast into hell’ or ‘to keep in hell,’ thus using for ‘hell’ the same term as is employed for a rendering of the Greek term {L:γέεννα} ({D:1.21}).

      LEXReferences: 2 PET 2:4