CLAIM: What is Tartarus mentioned here?

RESPONSE: The Greek word for hell here is tartaroō, which is a unique usage in the NT. Blum records, “Tartarus, thought of by the Greeks as a subterranean place lower than Hades where divine punishment was meted out, was so regarded in Jewish apocalyptic as well.”^[1] This was the place that gods would be judged, which is referred to in Greek mythology.^[2] Of course, Peter isn’t using this term to affirm Pagan mythology. Instead, he is contextually using their term to make his point. This was an appropriate term to describe a place where angels will be judged in hell.