Gehenna in Easton's Bible Dictionary
(originally Ge bene Hinnom; i.e., "the valley of the sons of
Hinnom"), a deep, narrow glen to the south of
Jerusalem, where
the idolatrous Jews offered their children in
sacrifice to
Molech (2 Chr. 28:3; 33:6; Jer. 7:31; 19:2-6). This
valley
afterwards became the common receptacle for all the
refuse of
the city. Here the dead bodies of animals and of
criminals, and
all kinds of filth, were cast and consumed by fire
kept always
burning. It thus in process of time became the image
of the
place of everlasting destruction. In this sense it
is used by
our Lord in Matt. 5:22, 29, 30; 10:28; 18:9; 23:15,
33; Mark
9:43, 45, 47; Luke 12:5. In these passages, and also
in James
3:6, the word is uniformly rendered "hell," the
Revised Version
placing "Gehenna" in the margin. (See HELL
-T0001731; HINNOM
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