- Original: ταρταρόω - Transliteration: Tartaroo - Phonetic: tar-tar-o'-o - Definition: 1. the name of the subterranean region, doleful and dark, regarded by the ancient Greeks as the abode of the wicked dead, where they suffer punishment for their evil deeds; it answers to Gehenna of the Jews 2. to thrust down to Tartarus, to hold captive in Tartarus - Origin: from Tartaros (the deepest abyss of hell) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From Τάρταρος Tartaros̄(the deepest abyss of Hades); to incarcerate in eternal torment: - cast down to hell. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • hell, 1 2 Peter 2:4