Did Hell already exist before the fall of Satan, and his demons?

Hell existed prior to Christianity. It was Hel or Helheim (ruled by Hel) in Norse mythology and it was Tartaros or Hades (ruled by Hades) in Greek mythology. There are many other examples in world mythology. Christians adopted them into their own mythology basically in the same form.

These locations existed long before the Semites conceived of the deity ha-Satan (Jewish) and sheytan (Arabic), and therefore before Christians could swipe and translate the deity to be Satan.

So Hell existed before Satan.

hell was created for Satan. Before satan was kicked out of heaven there was no need for a hell.

what was the place where the Rich man was that didn't give food to Lazarus and there was a great divide between the pleasant place and the one where the smoke and fire where there for eternity...I cannot grasp the name at this moment.

In the Old Testament it speaks of Lucifer's fall... in the New Testament we're reminded that Hell was created for the devil and his angels...

But God can send your soul to hell if you do not accept Jesus into your life as your Savior...

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Kristi

This I agree with. Lucifer's betrayal, treachery, and dischord is what spawned Hell in the first place. He was cast down with a mighty force from God, and the impact of Lucifer's banishment and eternal shame and suffering created Hell.

There is not an actual reference to Hell in the Xian Bible; it is not within the Jewish theology and other references such as Gehenna aka the Wadi of Fire aka the lake of fire are all references to the valley where trash was burned outside the walls of Jerusalem, ie- an actual place.

Hell...yea. I think it's called Detroit now!

Best answer so far!!