Gehenna
Sign in to saveGehenna ( ; ) or Gehinnom ( or ) is a Biblical toponym that has acquired various theological connotations, including as a place of divine punishment, in Jewish eschatology.
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- Gehenna
- Valley.other_name
- GehinnomValley of Hinnom
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- Jerusalem
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- 180
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- Location in Jerusalem, south of Mount Zion
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- Jerusalem
- Valley.watercourses
- Gey Ben Hinnom Stream
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- The concept of Gehinnom
- Judaism
- Hebrew Bible
- Targums (Aramaic translations)
- Rabbinical Judaism
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Gehenna ( ; ) or Gehinnom ( or ) is a Biblical toponym that has acquired various theological connotations, including as a place of divine punishment, in Jewish eschatology.
The place is first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as part of the border between the tribes of Judah and Benjamin (Joshua 15:8). During the late First Temple period, it was the site of the Tophet, where some of the kings of Judah had sacrificed their children by fire (Jeremiah 7:31). Thereafter, it was cursed by the biblical prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 19:2–6).