Bible Dictionary
GULF
The great gulf in Jesus’ account of the rich man and Lazarus represents the fixed separation after death between the righteous and the wicked. It pictures an impassable moral divide that cannot be crossed by a change of circumstances.
Biblical Usage
In Jesus’ account of the rich man and Lazarus, a great gulf separates the righteous from the wicked. The image is ethical: the difference lies in their characters, and the separation cannot be crossed merely by a change of condition.