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Definition of Gehenna

Gehenna
Gehenna Ge*hen"na (g[-e]*h[e^]n"n[.a]), n. [L. Gehenna, Gr. Ge`enna, Heb. G[=e] Hinn[=o]m.] (Jewish Hist.) 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. The pleasant valley of Hinnom. Tophet thence And black Gehenna called, the type of Hell. --Milton.

Meaning of Gehenna from wikipedia

- Gehenna (/ɡɪˈhɛnə/ ghi-HEN-ə; Ancient Gr****: Γέεννα, romanized: Géenna) or Gehinnom (Hebrew: גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם, romanized: Gēʾ ḇen-Hīnnōm or גֵי־הִנֹּם...
- Look up gehenna in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gehenna is a valley in Jerusalem, and an analogue of **** or Lake of Fire in Jewish and Christian...
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- word "purgatory" to describe the similar rabbinical concept of Gehenna, though Gehenna is also sometimes described[by whom?] as more similar to **** or...
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- descended from them. This event is known as Gehenna, the end of all vampires. Others claim that Gehenna is simply the awakening of the Antediluvians...
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