HebrewH2011Noun

הִנֹּם

hin.nom

11Occurrences
H2011Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Hinnom, apparently a Jebusite

probably of foreign origin;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Hinnom = "lamentation" a valley (deep and narrow ravine) with steep, rocky sides located southwest of Jerusalem, separating Mount Zion to the north from the 'hill of evil counsel' and the sloping rocky plateau of the 'plain of Rephaim' to the south Combined with to.phet (*תֹּ֫פֶת *"Topheth" H8612)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

הִנֹּם appears 11 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
5
2 Chronicles
2
Joshua
2
2 Kings
1
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

2 Chronicles 28:3BSB

Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

2 Kings 23:10BSB

He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.

Jeremiah 19:6BSB

So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.

Jeremiah 7:31BSB

They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.

Joshua 15:8BSB

From there the border went up the Valley of Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.

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