γέεννα

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hell: Gehenna

γέεννα (γέενα, Mrk.9:45 , Rec.), -ης, ἡ (perh. through Aram. גֵּיהִנָּם, from Heb. גֵּי הִנֹּם, Neh.11:30; גֵּי בֶּן־הִנֹּם, Jhn.18:16; גֵּי בּנֵי־הִנֹּם, 4Ki.23:10; valley of (the son, sons of) lamentation ); [in LXX the nearest approach to γ. is γαίεννα, Jos.18:16 (Γαὶ Ὀννόμ, A), elsewhere φάραγξ Ὀνόμ ( Jos.15:8 , al.), V. Swete on Mrk.9:43 ;] Gehenna , a valley W. and S. of Jerusalem, which as the site of fire-worship from the time of Ahaz, was desecrated by Josiah and became a dumping-place for the offal of the city. Later, the name was used as a symbol of the place of future punishment, as in NT: Mat.5:29 , ; 10:28 , Mrk.9:43, 45 47 , Luk.12:5 , Jas.3:6 ; γ. τ. πυρός, Mat.5:22 18:19 , prob. with ref. to fires of Moloch ( DB , ii, 119b); υἱὸς γεέννης, Mat.23:15; κρίσις γεέννης, 23:33.† (AS)