Gehenna
31gehenna — noun a) one of various hells in Abrahamic religions, being the hell into which sinners are cast after judgment for eternal suffering b) depending on interpretation of religious texts, one of various names for just one hell Syn: Gehenom, Gehinom,… …
32Gehenna — noun /ɡəˈhenə/ In Judaism and the New Testament the place where some or all spirits are believed to go after death. Ant: heaven …
33GEHENNA — the valley of Hinnom, on the S. of Jerusalem, with TOPHET (q.v.) at its eastern end; became the symbol of hell from the fires kept burning in it night and day to consume the poisonous gases of the offal accumulated in it …
34Gehenna — A valley outside Jerusalem through which the road to Bethlehem runs. Children [[➝ children]] were once sacrificed there to the god Molech (Jer. 7:31), and later there was a continuously burning dump. Hence it came to be an image for hell (Hades) …
35gehenna — ge·hèn·na s.f.inv. var. → geenna …
36GEHENNA — a valley between Jerusalem and the hills to the South and West which gained an EVIL reputation due to its CULTIC associations with human SACRIFICE. In later JEWISH literature it became the place of the wicked and in the NEW TESTAMENT is… …
37gehenna — ż IV, CMs. gehennannie, blm przestarz. «piekło, miejsce wiecznych cierpień» dziś tylko przen. «bolesne, ciężkie przejście, wielkie cierpienie psychiczne lub fizyczne» Przeżył całą gehennę wojenną. ‹hebr.› …
38gehenna — n. 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) …
39Gehenna — [gə hɛnə] noun a name for hell. Origin via eccles. L. from Gk geenna, from Heb. gē hinnōm hell , lit. valley of Hinnom , a place near Jerusalem where children were sacrificed to Baal …
40gehenna — ge·hen·na …
