gehenna
see also: Gehenna
Noun
Gehenna
Pronunciation
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see also: Gehenna
Noun
gehenna (plural gehennas)
- Alternative letter-case form of Gehenna#English|Gehenna
Gehenna
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɡəˈhɛ.nə/
- In rabbinical literature and Christian and Islamic scripture, the place where the souls of the wicked go after death, where they suffer eternal damnation or annihilation.
- Matthew 23:33
- Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of Gehenna?
- Matthew 23:33
- Hell.
- A place of suffering and misery.
- The valley of Hinnom outside Jerusalem.
- 1833, Selumiel, or a visit to Jerusalem, etc, page 185:
- The people obeyed his commandment, and succeeding ages followed the example, and Gehenna became the general sink of the city, and the receptacle of all its pollutions.
- 1991, Bible Review:
- By the fifth century C.E., however, confusion about the tradition led to transference of the reputed site of Gehenna to the Kidron Valley, on the eastern side of Jerusalem.
- 1833, Selumiel, or a visit to Jerusalem, etc, page 185:
- (Christianity) heaven
- French: Géhenne
- Russian: гее́нна
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