Gehenna

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Etymology [edit]

via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek γέεννα, from Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם (ge'henom) ‘hell’, literally ‘valley of Hinnom’

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Gehenna

  1. In Judaism and the New Testament the place where some or all spirits are believed to go after death.

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  • (Christianity, uncountable): heaven

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