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CIDE DICTIONARY
gehenna, prop. n. [L. Gehenna, Gr. Ge`enna, Heb. G.].
The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell . [1913 Webster]
"The pleasant valley of Hinnom. Tophet thence
And black Gehenna called, the type of Hell." [1913 Webster]
And black Gehenna called, the type of Hell." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gehenna, n.
1 (in the New Testament) hell.
2 a place of burning, torment, or misery.
1 (in the New Testament) hell.
2 a place of burning, torment, or misery.
Etymology
eccl.L f. Gk f. Heb. g{ecirc}' hinnom hell, orig. the valley of Hinnom near Jerusalem, where children were sacrificed
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gehenna
Hell
N hell, bottomless pit, place of torment, habitation of fallen angels, Pandemonium, Abaddon, Domdaniel, jahannan, sheol, hell fire, everlasting fire, everlasting torment, eternal damnation, lake of fire and brimstone, fire that is never quenched, worm that never dies, purgatory, limbo, gehenna, abyss, Tartarus, Hades, Avernus, Styx, Stygian creek, pit of Acheron, Cocytus, infernal regions, inferno, shades below, realms of Pluto, Pluto, Rhadamanthus, Erebus, Tophet, hellish, infernal, stygian, dies irae dies illa, the hue of dungeons and the scowl of night.Also see definition of "gehenna" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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