hades

noun

• (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon.
• (Greek mythology) The underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god.
• In the Septuagint Bible, the Greek translation of Sheol.
• Hell.
• (specifically, chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) Hell as a waiting place for damned souls before the Last Judgement, after which they may be cast in Gehenna.