Having seen that the text affirms in the most positive manner the destruction of soul and body, or the complete cessation of existence, for all the wicked, in hell, we now inquire whether it teaches a conscious existence for the soul in the intermediate state? This must be, it is claimed, because man cannot kill it. But the killing which God inflicts, according to the popular view, is torment in the flames of hell, and that commences immediately upon the death of the body. Let us then see what the Scriptures testify concerning the receptacle of the dead and the place of punishment. The word, hell, in our English version is from three different Greek words. These words are ἅδης (_hades_), γεέννα (_ge-enna_), and ταρταρόω (_tartaro-o_, a verb signifying to thrust down to tartarus). These all designate different places; and the following full list of the instances of their occurrence in the New Testament, will show their use. _Hades_ occurs in the following passages:-- Matt. 11:23. Shalt be brought down to _hell_. 16:18. The gates of _hell_ shall not prevail. Luke 10:15. Shalt be thrust down to _hell_. 16:23. In _hell_ he lifted up his eyes. Acts 2:27. Wilt not leave my soul in _hell_. 2:31. His soul was not left in _hell_. 1 Cor. 15:55. O _Grave_, where is thy victory? Rev. 1:18. Have the keys of _hell_ and death. 6:8. Was death, and _hell_ followed. Rev. 20:13. Death and _hell_ delivered up the dead which were in them. 20:14. Death and _hell_ were cast into the lake of fire. _Ge-enna_ signifies Gehenna, the valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, in which fires were kept constantly burning to consume the bodies of malefactors and the rubbish which was brought from the city and cast therein. It is found in the following places:-- Matt. 5:22. Shall be in danger of _hell_ fire. 5:29. Whole body should be cast into _hell_. 5:30. Whole body should be cast into _hell_. 10:28. Destroy both soul and body in _hell_. 18:9. Having two eyes to be cast into _hell_ fire. 23:15. More the child of _hell_ than yourselves. 23:33. How can ye escape the damnation of _hell_? Mark 9:43. Having two hands to go into _hell_. 9:45. Having two feet to be cast into _hell_. 9:47. Having two eyes to be cast into _hell_. Luke 12:5. Hath power to cast into _hell_. James 3:6. It is set on fire of _hell_. _Tartaro-o_ is used only in the following text: “God spared not the angels that sinned, but _cast them down to hell_.” 2 Pet. 2:4.