Understanding Bible Terms

Limbo, Paradise(garden), Bosom of Abraham
 
(place of rest for the good who have died - no suffering) (Luke 16:19)

When the poor man died, he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham.  The rich man also died and was buried, and from the nether world, where he was in torment, he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.(Luke 23:43) (Rev 20:13)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA DEFINITION:

"In theological usage the name is applied to (a) the temporary place or state of  the souls of the just who, although purified from sin, were excluded from the beatific vision until Christ's triumphant ascension into Heaven (the "limbus patrum"); or (b) to the permanent place or state of those unbaptized children and others who, dying without grievous personal sin, are excluded from the beatific vision on account of original sin alone (the "limbus infantium" or "puerorum"). 

The Nether World, Purgatory/Prison, Death, Hades & Sheol (abodes of the dead)

 

(Temporary prison of punishment) (Psalms 16:9,10) 

 

"Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices,  my body, too, abides in confidence; 
Because you will not abandon my soul to the nether world,  nor will you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption."(Psalm 30:3)

"O LORD, you brought me up from the nether world; you preserved me from among those going down into the pit."

 

POSSIBLE LOCATION OF PURGATORY?

(Matthew 4:8-10) 'Ascending on high, he led captivity captive; he gave gifts to men.'
Now that he ascended, what is it, but because he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He descended is the same also that ascended above all the heavens,
that he might fill all things." 

 

It's impossible to determine with any certainty, but unofficially, these various names used in the bible might indeed indicate one 'place' for lack of a better word - but containing several levels.  The top levels being closest to Heaven and the lower levels being closest to Hell with greater suffering.  As one is purified or 'refined as gold', he moves up through the levels until he is finally pure enough to enter into the joy of Heaven. There have been many revelations by various saints throughout the history of the Church - especially of those with greater devotion to the Holy Souls - which may help to fill in the gaps of our limited understanding.

(Rev. 1:17,18)  (Rev. 20:13-14)  (Numbers 16, 33) (Luke 23:43) (Dt. 32:22)
(Matthew 5:25)  (Luke 12:57-59) (1 Cor 3:12-15) (2 Maccabees 12:39-46)
(Matthew 4:8-10) 

Hell, Fiery Gehenna(Mat. 18:9), 

The Fiery Furnace, Place of Torment, 

The Pool of Fire & Sulfur, 

The Eternal Fire(Mat. 18:8), 

The place of hypocrites & liars, 

where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth(Mat. 8:11-12)(Mat. 24:51)(Mat. 25:30), 

The Pit, The Unquenchable Fire, 

The Consuming Worm

(Prepared for the devil and his angels)(Psalm 112:10)
'The wicked man shall see it and be vexed; he shall gnash his teeth and pine away;
the desire of the wicked shall perish.'(Matthew 8:12)
 
"...where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth."(Rev. 21:8)

"But as for cowards, the unfaithful, the depraved, murderers, the unchaste, sorcerers, idol-worshipers, and deceivers of every sort, their lot is in the burning pool of fire and sulfur, which is the second death."

(Rev. 14:11)

The smoke of the fire that torments them will rise forever and ever, and there will be no relief day or night for those who worship the beast or its image or accept the mark of its name."In regard to the fallen angels:

(2 Peter 2:4)

"For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but condemned them to the chains of Tartarus and handed them over to be kept for judgement;..."

(Jude 6)
 

"The angels too, who did not keep to their own domain but deserted their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains, in gloom, for the judgement of the great day."