GEHENNA


Meaning of GEHENNA in English

[ 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.

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