gehenna[noun]Synonyms: hell, abyss, hades, inferno, netherworld, perdition, pit, Sheol, Tophet, underworld
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Gehenna noun.
[gǝ'hɛnǝ] Also (earlier) in French form
Gehenne.
L15.[French gehenne or its source, ecclesiastical Latin, from Hellenistic Greek geenna from Hebrew gē' hinnōm hell, orig. the valley of Hinnom near Jerusalem where children were sacrificed (2 Kings 23:10).]1. Hell; a place of burning, torment, and misery.
L15.2. A prison, esp. one where captives are tortured. Long
rare.
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