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,
2Ki.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,
Mat.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)
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