HebrewH8612Noun

תֹּ֫פֶת

to.phet

8Occurrences
H8612Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Topheth, a place near Jerusalem

the same as H8611 (תֹּפֶת);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Tophet or Topheth = "place of fire" a place in the southeast end of the valley of the son of Hinnom south of Jerusalem. Same as toph.teh (*תׇּפְתֶּה *"burning-place" H8613)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

תֹּ֫פֶת appears 8 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
7
2 Kings
1

Key Passages

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 19:11BSB

and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.

Jeremiah 19:12BSB

This is what I will do to this place and to its residents, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth.

Jeremiah 19:13BSB

The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”

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