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GreekG1067Noun (Technical/Title)

γέεννα

geenna

12Occurrences
G1067Strong's #
Noun (Technical/Title)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

valley of (the son of) Hinnom; ge-henna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment

of Hebrew origin (H01516 and H02011);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
-ης, ἡ (perh. through Aram. גֵּיהִנָּם, from Heb. גֵּי הִנֹּם; גֵּי בֶּן־הִנֹּם; גֵּי בּנֵי־הִנֹּם, 4; valley of (the son, sons of) lamentation); 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: ,; γ. πυρός, prob. with ref. to fires of Moloch ; υἱὸς γεέννης; κρίσις γεέννης.
LXX: the nearest approach to γ. is γαίεννα, (Γαὶ Ὀννόμ, A), elsewhere φάραγξ Ὀνόμ , V. Swete on

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Technical/Title)

Morphology Code

N:N--T

Full Description

Proper Noun, Technical/Title

Occurrences

γέεννα appears 12 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
7
Mark
3
James
1
Luke
1

Key Passages

James 3:6BSB

The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

Matthew 10:28BSB

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 23:15BSB

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

Matthew 5:22BSB

But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.

Matthew 5:30BSB

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.