Noah Webster
Hell
HELL, noun
1. The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death. Matthew 10:28. Luke 12:5.
Sin is hell begun, as religion is heaven anticipated.
2. The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the lower regions, or the grave; called in Hebrew, sheol, and by the Greeks, hades. Psalms 16:10. Jonah 2:2.
3. The pains of hell temporal death, or agonies that dying persons feel, or which bring to the brink of the grave. Psalms 18:5.
4. The gates of hell the power and policy of Satan and his instruments. Matthew 16:18.
5. The infernal powers.
While Saul and hell cross'd his strong fate in vain.
6. The place at a running play to which are carried those who are caught.
7. A place into which a tailor throws his shreds.
8. A dungeon or prison.