Sheol
Underworld and Sheol are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Underworld" instead a noun "Sheol".
Underworld
Underworld noun - A social sphere that exists outside of the mainstream.
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The words used for "hell" in the NT, "Gehenna" and "Sheol" ("Hades" in greek) refer to a neutral, non evil underworld where all souls will wait until the end of all things foretold in the apocalypses of Daniel and John, in the case of sheol.
Source: Dark Is Evil -
Judaism, at least in its early stages, is an aversion, as the underworld, Sheol, is instead thought of as a grim and depressing place, but not hot (kind of like the Greek Hades or the Norse Hel).
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Shayol, the prison planet in Cordwainer Smith's Instrumentality of Mankind stories, named after Sheol (the Hebrew name for the Underworld).
Source: Room 101
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