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An OT synonym for death, the natural, inevitable human destiny, though not without hope for the righteous.

The grave as a place of burial

Numbers 19:16,18; Deuteronomy 34:6; 1 Kings 13:31; 2 Kings 21:26; Isaiah 22:16

The grave representing natural death

Genesis 37:35; Psalm 88:3 See also Genesis 42:38; Genesis 44:29; 2 Samuel 22:5-6; 1 Kings 2:6,9; Job 3:21-22; Job 5:26; Job 10:19; Job 17:1; Psalm 30:3; Psalm 89:48; Proverbs 5:5; Proverbs 9:18; Proverbs 15:24; Proverbs 30:16; Isaiah 28:15,18; Jeremiah 20:17; Habakkuk 2:5

The grave as judgment

Psalm 55:15 See also Numbers 16:30,33; Job 24:19; Job 40:13; Psalm 9:17; Psalm 31:17; Psalm 49:14; Isaiah 5:14; Isaiah 14:9,11,15

The grave represented only hopelessness and oblivion before Jesus Christ's resurrection

Job 17:13-16; Ecclesiastes 9:10 See also Job 7:9; Psalm 6:5; Psalm 31:17; Psalm 88:5,11; Isaiah 38:18

The OT hope of redemption from the grave anticipated the gospel message

Psalm 49:15; 1 Corinthians 15:55 See also 1 Samuel 2:6; Job 14:13; Hosea 13:14; Acts 2:27; Psalm 16:10

See also

5241  burial
9020  death
9050  tombs
9210  judgment, God's
9310  resurrection
9510  hell
9530  Hades
9540  Sheol
9610  hope