DEATH, SECOND

(ho deuteros thanatos): An expression, peculiar to the Book of Rev (2:11; 20:6,14; 21:8) in Scripture, denoting the final penalty of the unrighteous; parallel with another expression likewise peculiar, "the lake of fire," in 20:14; 21:8.

See ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, I-V .

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.