hɛl
The underworld; place of torment in the afterlife where sinners and evil spirits dwell.
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Matthew 16:18, KJV
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 18:9-10, KJV
yet not brought down to that hell of error (where no man ever confesses to You), to think rather that You dost suffer ill, than that man does it.
Augustine, Confessions
That prayer is the key to hell which thou performest only before the eyes of men
Saadi, Bustan
On the day of resurrection, that will be the most mortifying event when the good slave will be taken up to heaven, and the wicked master sent down to hell:
Saadi, Gulistan
who like a fiend From heav'n to hell is flown away.
Shakespeare, Sonnet 145
helle /helle/
Middle English, Britain
hell /hell/
Old English, Britain
Hölle /Hölle/
Modern German, Germany