Is there a Hell?

When people hear the word Hell it brings up a vision of a place where there is fire and brimstone that burns forever and ever, and demons poke you with pitchforks endlessly.

There has also been a popular Recording of Hell that was released 40 years ago from Siberia of which the sounds of Hell were recorded when Siberians were digging in the ground and lowered a microphone into the ground. In this report they claim it was 2000 degrees at the level they recorded at. You know something has to be bogus with this claim because there are no microphones that can withstand a 2000 degree temperature, anyway...

Before I go on any further, I want to tell everyone that I am not trying to tell everyone what to believe. I do however want others to do a little research and come up with their own opinions. This is why I have left it open for others to comment on these posts, to share their ideas or beliefs.

What does the bible say about this place called Hell? Is this a literal place or a lake of fire that we will burn in  forever and ever?  Looking in my Strong's Concordance, I looked up the word hell. I noted the number of times and definitions of the word.

31 times the word hell is translated from the Hebrew word sheh-ole meaning Hades or the world of the dead, grave, hell, pit.
12 times from the Greek word gheh-en-nah, which basically was a garbage dump outside of Jerusalem. This garbage dump often had underground fires that were difficult at best to put out. They did not have the technology we have, and seemingly burned forever.

                                   Picture of an underground fire from the surface.

10 times from the Greek hah-dace, this word was the same word as sheh-ole which was the word for grave as mentioned above, just a different language but same definition.
1 time from the Greek tar-tar-oo, which means to incarcerate or cast down to hell, (which hell means the grave as mentioned above). The only place in the bible this is used is in 2 peter 2:4 when Father Yahweh cast down Satan and confined him, maybe Satan in a dungeon would give you a better picture of this statement? This verse also shows that even if it is a fiery pit, this place called tartaroo is only for Satan and his fallen angels.

I do not see in the bible where it says that people will be thrown into a fire to burn forever and ever with out a chance for redemption without mercy. To me it looks like they either are describing the grave or a garbage dump where they disposed of bodies. My bible tells me that his mercy endures forever in Psalms 136 and I have a hard time believing Yahweh would make people just to burn them forever without mercy.
 If I am wrong then please enlighten me. Whatever one believes is ok as far as I am concerned. It's not a requirement to believe in, or not believe in a literal place called hell to be a Christian Israelite and to enter Yah's kingdom. There is no reason why it should phase anyone what others believe on this issue either. The only time it would matter is if someone gives their entire life over to Yahweh only for the reason to keep from going to a lake of fire called hell. This would be literally the only time it would matter.

I pray that we all are not shallow in our beliefs to only worship the Father because we don't want to burn in a fire forever.

Praise the Lord!