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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

(ho deuteros thanatos): An expression, peculiar to the Book of Rev.(Re 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 Re 20:14; 21:8. See ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.