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tophet
CIDE DICTIONARY
tophet, n. [Heb. tōphet, literally, a place to be spit upon, an abominable place, fr. t to spit out.].
A place lying east or southeast of Jerusalem, in the valley of Hinnom. [1913 Webster]
" It seems to have been at first part of the royal garden, but it was afterwards defiled and polluted by the sacrifices of Baal and the fires of Moloch, and resounded with the cries of burning infants. At a later period, its altars and high places were thrown down, and all the filth of the city poured into it, until it became the abhorrence of Jerusalem, and, in symbol, the place where are wailing and gnashing of teeth." [1913 Webster]
"And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom." [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
tophet, n. Bibl. hell.
Etymology
name of a place in the Valley of Hinnom near Jerusalem used for idolatrous worship and later for burning refuse: f. Heb. topet
ROGET THESAURUS
tophet
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.For further exploring for "tophet" in Webster Dictionary Online
