gehenna
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gehenna¹
noun gehennas
- Alternative letter-case form of Gehenna When I next took an interest in things I found myself lying in the road. The sound of the gang was diminishing into the distance, and the prophet of doom, restored to eloquence, was sending threatful bolts of damnation, hell-fire, and a brimstone gehenna hurtling after them.
Gehenna²
- /ɡəˈhɛ.nə/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin gehenna, from Ancient Greek γέεννα (géenna), from Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם (ge'henom, “hell”, literally “valley of Hinnom”), named after the Valley of Hinnom outside Jerusalem, which was constantly filled with the waste of the city, which was then burnt. Heinous deeds are also associated with this valley, as during the time when Jerusalem was ruled by non-Jews (referred to in scriptures simply as 'pagans') child sacrifice was practiced there.
proper noun
- In rabbinical literature and Christian and Islamic scripture, the place where the souls of the wicked go after death, where they suffer eternal damnation or annihilation. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of Gehenna?
- Hell.
- A place of suffering and misery. School was Gehenna for the restless student.
- The valley of Hinnom outside Jerusalem. The people obeyed his commandment, and succeeding ages followed the example, and Gehenna became the general sink of the city, and the receptacle of all its pollutions.
Opposite: heaven
Thesaurus
proper noun
Opposite: heaven
Translations
Every language
name where the wicked go
| 日本語 | ゲヘナ gehena, 地獄 jigoku |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 地獄 /地狱 dìyù |
| हिन्दी | जहन्नम jahannam, जहन्नुम jahannum |
| Kiswahili | jahanamu |
| Français | Géhenne |
| Ελληνικά | γέεννα géenna |
| Română | gheenă |
| Русский | гее́нна gejénna, гее́нна о́гненная gejénna ógnennaja |
| العربية | الهَاوِيَة al-hāwiya |
| עברית | גיהנום ge'henom |
name hell, in Abrahamic religions
| Español | Gehena |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ゲヘナ gehena |
| 中文 | 革哈納 /革哈纳 Géhānà |
| हिन्दी | जहन्नम jahannam, जहन्नुम jahannum |
| Kiswahili | jahanamu |
| Português | Geena |
| Français | Géhenne |
| Deutsch | Gehinnom |
| Italiano | Geenna |
| Ελληνικά | γέεννα géenna |
| Română | gheenă |
| Русский | гее́нна gejénna |
| العربية | جَهَنَّم jahannam |
| עברית | גיא בן הנם, גיהנום gehenom |
Talk about this word "gehenna." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gehenna. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gehenna. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gehenna "gehenna." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gehenna.Cite this
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title = {gehenna},
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