γέεννα

γέεννα (γέενα, Mark 9,45, Rec.), -ης, ἡ (perh. through Aram. גֵּיהִנָּם, from Heb. גֵּי הִנֹּם, Neh 11,30 גֵּי בֶּן־הִנֹּם, Joh 18,16 גֵּי בּנֵי־הִנֹּם, 2 Kong 23,10 valley of (the son, sons of) lamentation);

[in LXX the nearest approach to γ. is γαίεννα, Jos 18,16 (Γαὶ Ὀννόμ, A), elsewhere φάραγξ Ὀνόμ (Jos 15,8, al.), V. Swete on Mark 9,43 ;]

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: Matt 5,29, Matt 10,28, Mark 9,43, 45, 47, Luk 12,5, Jak 3,6; γ. τ. πυρός, Matt 5,22; 18,19, prob. with ref. to fires of Moloch (DB, ii, 119b); υἱὸς γεέννης, Matt 23,15 κρίσις γεέννης, 23:33.†