gates of hell
Damnation's threshold awaits
The gates of hell is a phrase from Christian scripture describing the entrance to the underworld or realm of the damned.
It appears in expressions about ultimate confrontation or unstoppable force: not even the gates of hell shall prevail against it.
Figuratively, any threshold to suffering or damnation: He stood at the gates of hell and turned back.
Greek afterlife realm
- TartarusDeepest realm of punishment
- underworldRealm of the departed
- netherworldRealm of the dead
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
brimstone · sulfur · inferno · perdition · demon · devil · Satan · Lucifer
Severe prolonged suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
penance · atonement · judgment · damnation · eternal · agony · wailing · gnashing
Mythological boundary water
- AcheronMythological river of sorrow
- CharonMythical underworld ferryman
- ferrymanOne who shuttles across water
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
judgment · soul · spirit · limbo · purgatory · passage · threshold · realm
Fraught with danger
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- dauntingDiscouraging through difficulty
sinister · grim · dire · fearsome · harrowing · terrifying · nightmarish · dread
Hades
Greek afterlife realm
- TartarusDeepest realm of punishment
- underworldRealm of the departed
- netherworldRealm of the dead
abyss · brimstone · sulfur · inferno · perdition · demon · devil · Satan · Lucifer · fiend
torment
Severe prolonged suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
condemnation · penance · atonement · judgment · damnation · eternal · agony · wailing · gnashing · sinners
Styx
Mythological boundary water
- AcheronMythological river of sorrow
- CharonMythical underworld ferryman
- ferrymanOne who shuttles across water
crossing · judgment · soul · spirit · limbo · purgatory · passage · threshold · realm · eternity
perilous
Fraught with danger
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
daunting · sinister · grim · dire · fearsome · harrowing · terrifying · nightmarish · dread · darkness
threshold
Point of beginning
boundary · barrier · no return · forbidden · sealed · guarded · trespass · crossing · point of no return · irreversible
- UnderworldHades, Tartarus, netherworld, Sheol, Styx
- DanteDivine Comedy, Inferno, Dante, Paradiso, Beatrice
- infernohellscape, brimstone, sulfur, limbo, perdition
- Harrowing of HellHoly Saturday, hellmouth, victory over death, Adam, Eve
- grand artaltarpieces, monuments, triumphal arches, mosaics, David statue
gates of hellpearly gates
Ornate doors with opalescent decoration
gates of heaven · golden gates · Jacob's ladder · kingdom of heaven · paradise
gates of hellkingdom of heaven
God's sovereign spiritual realm
divine light · salvation · holy sanctuary · promised land · celestial realm
gate, gated, gating, gates, hell, hells, hellish, hellishly, hellfire