Hell

In many mythologies and religions, hell or the Underworld is a place where souls of wicked people go after their life on Earth. It is believed to be a place controlled by either God, or some lesser supernatural being such as Satan. It is the opposite of heaven, and is a place apart from God, where it is often believed there is no love, kindness or empathy. The word "hell" is used in the King James version of the Old Testament to translate the Hebrew word for "the grave", Sheol, and in the New Testament the Greek ᾅδης, Hades, and γεέννα, Hebrew Gehenna. Each of those words has a somewhat different meaning from the popular English meaning of hell. In English, hell can also simply mean something very bad, as in the phrase "War is hell".