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Strong's #1067: geena (pronounced gheh'-en-nah)

of Hebrew origin (1516 and 2011); valley of (the son of) Hinnom; ge-henna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment:--hell.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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geenna

1) Hell is the place of the future punishment call "Gehenna" or "Gehenna of fire" . This was originally the valley of Hinnom, south of Jerusalem, where the filth and dead animals of the city were cast out and burned; a fit symbol of the wicked and their future destruction.

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: of Hebrew origin H1516 and H2011

Citing in TDNT: 1:657, 113




Usage:

This word is used 12 times:

Matthew 5:22: "shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire."
Matthew 5:29: "whole body should be cast into hell."
Matthew 5:30: "whole body should be cast into hell."
Matthew 10:28: "soul and body in hell."
Matthew 18:9: "two eyes to be cast into hell fire."
Matthew 23:15: "him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves."
Matthew 23:33: "can ye escape the damnation of hell?"
Mark 9:43: "two hands to go into hell, into the fire"
Mark 9:45: "two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire"
Mark 9:47: "two eyes to be cast into hell fire:"
Luke 12:5: "power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear"
James 3:6: "and it is set on fire of hell."









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