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  1. 1. n. The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. a place where the wicked are punished after death Source: wordnet
  3. 3. The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell. The pleasant valley of Hinnom. Tophet thence And black Gehenna called, the type of Hell. Milton. Source: webster
  4. 4. The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of theIsraelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on thisaccount, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made areceptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being keptup in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testamentthe name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell.The pleasant valley of Hinnom. Tophet thence And black Gehennacalled, the type of Hell. Milton. Source: adambom
  5. 5. n. a place where the wicked are punished after death Source: ecdict

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