A term used in the NT to refer to the place in which departed spirits rest, while waiting for judgment.

Revelation 20:13-14

Hades is the place where the dead wait for judgment

See also

Matthew 11:23
Luke 16:23

pp Lk 10:15

translated "depths"

Acts 2:27,31

translated "hell"

Revelation 6:8

Translated "grave" and rendering the Hebrew word "Sheol":

Matthew 16:18

Jesus Christ is Lord of Hades

Revelation 1:18

See also

9021 death, natural
9050 tombs
9115 antichrist, the
9510 hell
9511 hell, place of punishment
9610 hope