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What is Gehenna and what does it have to do with hellfire?
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#114129. Asked by star_gazer. (Apr 15 10 12:34 AM)
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jolana
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Gehenna
Hell, the place of future fiery torment for the dead. The word comes from "the Valley of Hinnom"; shortened from Ge Ben-Hinnom, "the Valley of the Son of Hinnom", a valley South West, and South of Jerusalem, where children were burnt in sacrifice to Baal or Molech [Moloch]. It came to be regarded as a place of unquenchable fire, possibly from the fires of Moloch.
 http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/887
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crotalus77
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From site;
The word derives from the Hebrew: גי(א)-הינום Gêhinnôm (also Guy ben-Hinnom (גיא בן הינום) meaning the Valley of Hinnom's son. The valley forms the southwest border of ancient Jerusalem that stretches from the foot of Mt. Zion to the Kidron Valley. It is first mentioned in Joshua 15:8. Originally it referred to a garbage dump in a deep narrow valley right outside the walls of Jerusalem where fires were kept burning to consume the refuse and keep down the stench. It is also the location where bodies of executed criminals, or individuals denied a proper burial, would be dumped.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Gehenna
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