gehenna

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In Judaism and the New Testament the place where some or all spirits are believed to go after death
one of various hells in Abrahamic religions, being the hell into which sinners are cast after judgment for eternal suffering
a place of suffering and misery
depending on interpretation of religious texts, one of various names for just one hell
(originally Ge bene Hinnom; i e , "the valley of the sons of Hinnom"), a deep, narrow glen to the south of Jerusalem, where the idolatrous Jews offered their children in sacrifice to Molech (2 Chr 28: 3; 33: 6; Jer 7: 31; 19: 2-6) This valley afterwards became the common receptacle for all the refuse of the city Here the dead bodies of animals and of criminals, and all kinds of filth, were cast and consumed by fire kept always burning It thus in process of time became the image of the place of everlasting destruction In this sense it is used by our Lord in Matt 5: 22, 29, 30; 10: 28; 18: 9; 23: 15, 33; Mark 9: 43, 45, 47; Luke 12: 5 In these passages, and also in James 3: 6, the word is uniformly rendered "hell," the Revised Version placing "Gehenna" in the margin (See HELL; HINNOM )
a place where the wicked are punished after death
Originally, a location southwest of Jerusalem where children were burned as sacrifices to the god Molech It later became a garbage dump with an continuous burning of trash Therefore, it was used biblically, to illustrate the abode of the damned in Christian and Jewish theology Gehenna is mentioned in Mark 9: 43ff and Matt 10: 28 as the place of punishment of unquenchable fire where both the body and soul of the wicked go after death It is apparently the future abode of Satan and his angels (Matt 25: 41)
{i} place or state of torture or suffering; residence of condemned souls; inferno, hell; valley of Hinnom (near Jerusalem) where propitiatory sacrifices were made to Moloch (Biblical)
"Valley of Hinnom " In parable, the place of retribution after death The valley of Hinnom in Jerusalem is by tradition the place where human sacrifices were burned in Canaanite idolatry
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
Hell
New Testament name for the "Valley of the Son [or Children] of Hinnom" that bordered Jerusalem on the south and west and was the site of human sacrifices to Molech and other pagan gods (Jer 7: 32; Lev 18: 21; 1 Kings 11: 7; 2 Chron 28: 3; 33: 6) Later used as a dump in which to burn garbage, it became a symbol of punishment in the afterlife and is cited as such by Jesus (Matt 5: 22; 10: 28-29; 18: 8; 25: 30, 46; etc )
In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell
Originally, a location southwest of Jerusalem where children were burned as sacrifices to the god Molech It later became a garbage dump with a continuous burning of trash Therefore, it was used biblically, to illustrate the abode of the damned in Christian and Jewish theology Gehenna is mentioned in Mark 9: 43ff and Matt 10: 28 as the place of punishment of unquenchable fire where both the body and soul of the wicked go after death It is apparently the future abode of Satan and his angels (Matt 25: 41)
gehenna

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    Ge·hen·na

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    heaven

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    [ gi-'he-n& ] (noun.) 1594. Thought to be named after the Valley of Hinnom outside Jerusalem, which was constantly filled with the waste of the city, which was then burnt. Heinous deeds are also associated with this valley, as during the time when Jerusalem was ruled by non-Jews (referred to in scriptures simply as 'pagans') child sacrifice was practiced there.
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