the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
cognition noun (cognitive processes and contents)
Tophets
Hell | infernal region | Inferno | nether region | perdition | pit | Topheth
late Middle English: from Hebrew tōp̱eṯ, the name of a place in the Valley of...
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a place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and ... | a situation, experience, or place of great suffering | (also "the hell") ... (25 of 627 words, 33 definitions, 28 usage examples, pronunciation)
a location in Jerusalem, in the Valley of Hinnom, where worshipers influenced by the Canaanite Pantheon sacrificed children to the gods Moloch and Baal by burning them alive. The Hebrew Bible also mentions what appears to be child sacrifice practiced... (40 of 626 words)
a place in the valley immediately to the southwest of Jerusalem; the Shrine of Moloch, where human sacrifices were offered (20 of 199 words, pronunciations)
"hell", "Gehenna" (2 of 106 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
a place in the valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where, contrary to the ... | the place of punishment for the wicked after death; hell. | some place, ... (26 of 63 words, 3 definitions, pronunciations)
[Bible] A location near Jerusalem in the valley of Gehenna where children were burned alive as sacrifice. | A hellish place. (20 of 41 words, 2 definitions, 2 usage examples)
An extremely unpleasant or painful condition or place. | Hell. (9 of 32 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
in the Bible, place near Jerusalem, in the valley of Hinnom, associated with the worship of Molech. Tophet became a name for hell. (23 of 26 words, pronunciation)
[Bible] a place near Jerusalem where human sacrifices were made to Molech: 2 Kings 23:10 | hell (16 of 24 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
according to some religions, the state of being punished after you die for the bad things that you have done (20 of 45 words, pronunciation)
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a state of punishment which goes on for ever, suffered by evil people after death (15 of 21 words, pronunciations)
according to the Bible, a place of torment and punishment where the wicked are sent after death (17 of 46 words, pronunciations)
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Origin: late Middle English: from Hebrew tōp̱eṯ, the name of a place in the Valley of Hinnom near Jerusalem used for idolatrous worship, including the ... (24 of 35 etymology words)
First use: 14th century
Origin: Middle English, shrine south of ancient Jerusalem where human sacrifices were performed to Moloch in Jer 7:31, Gehenna, from Late Latin ... (23 of 27 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English, from Hebrew tōpet, a place where children were burned in sacrifice; see wtp in Semitic roots.
Origin: from Hebrew Tōpheth
First use: 14th century
Origin: Hebrew Tōppeṯ, area near Jerusalem
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