Biblical Guides

Biblical Terms

Clear guides to the names, places, and ideas that help Scripture open up in context.

What Is Gehenna in the Bible? A Clear Guide

A clear look at Gehenna, the Valley of Hinnom, and why the word matters in biblical reading.

A careful guide to the gates of Hades, Caesarea Philippi, and what Jesus meant in Matthew 16.

What the Valley of Hinnom is, why the prophets spoke about it, and how it became connected with Gehenna.

What Hades means in the New Testament, how it differs from Sheol and Gehenna, and why Christ’s victory over death matters.

A careful guide to Revelation 13, the mark of the beast, 666, worship, and why fear is not the point of the passage.

A careful look at Sheol in the Hebrew Bible, its imagery of death and grief, and how it differs from Hades and Gehenna.

A careful guide to the Bible’s language of the abyss, the deep, and why the passages point to God’s authority rather than fear.

A careful guide to Tartarus in 2 Peter, the angels in darkness, and why the word should not be confused with every biblical image of judgment.

A clear guide to the Book of Life in Scripture, its place in Revelation, and why it speaks of belonging, faithfulness, and hope.