1 Corinthians 15:55

O death, where, etc. From Hosea 13:14, a free version of the Sept. : " Where is thy penalty, O Death ? Where thy sting, O Hades ? Heb. : Where are thy plagues, O Death ? Where thy pestilence, O Sheol?

O grave [α δ η]. Which is the reading of the Septuagint. The correct reading is qanate O death. So Rev. Hades does not occur in Paul's writings. In Romans 10:7 he uses abyss. Edwards thinks that this is intentional, and suggests that Paul, writing to Greeks, may have shunned the ill - omened name which people dreaded to utter. So Plato : "People in general use the word (Pluto) as a euphemism for Hades, which their fears lead them to derive erroneously from ajeidhv the invisible" (" Cratylus, " 403).

Sting [κ ε ν τ ρ ο ν]. In the Septuagint for the Hebrew pestilence. See on Revelation 9:9. The image is that of a beast with a sting; not death with a goad, driving men.