Gehenna

ɡəˈhɛnə

Definition

Definition of Gehenna - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

history

TECH.

valley near Jerusalem known for ancient sacrifices

TECH.

Gehenna was infamous for its ancient sacrificial rituals.

religious concept

TECH.

place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife

TECH.

The sinner feared his soul would end up in Gehenna.

Hades

hell

metaphorical

Rare

state of extreme suffering or misery

Rare

Living in that war zone felt like Gehenna.

abyss

hell

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Origin of Gehenna

Hebrew, Gehinnom (valley of Hinnom)

Examples of Gehenna in a sentence

Gehenna's history is a subject of many academic studies.
The ancient texts describe Gehenna as a place of eternal fire.
He warned that those who stray from the path would face Gehenna.
His life became a Gehenna after the accident.
The endless paperwork was a bureaucratic Gehenna.

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French:Géhenne, ...
German:Gehenna, ...
Italian:Gehenna, inferno, ...
Spanish:Gehenna, ...
Portuguese:Gehenna, Geena, ...
Chinese:地狱谷, 地狱, ...
Japanese:ゲヘナ, 地獄, ...
Arabic:وادي هنوم, جَهَنَّم, ...
Hebrew:גֵיהִינּוֹם, גֵיהִינוֹם, ...
Russian:Геенна, геенна, ...
Ukrainian:Геєнна, Геєна, ...
Hindi:गेहेन्ना, गहन्ना, ...
Bengali:গেহেন্না, গেহেনা, ...
Catalan:Gehenna, inferno, ...
Czech:Gehenna, gehenna, ...
Danish:Gehenna, Helvede, ...
Dutch:Gehenna, ...
Greek:Γεέννα, Γέεννα, ...
Hungarian:Gehinnom, Gyehenna, ...
Khmer:ហ្គេហេនណា, ហ្គេហេណា, ...
Korean:게헨나, 지옥, ...
Persian:جهنم, ...
Polish:Gehenna, Gehenny, ...
Portuguese (BR):Geena, Gehenna, ...
Romanian:Gehenna, ...
Swedish:Hinnomdalen, Gehenna, ...
Thai:เกเฮนนา, ...
Turkish:Gehenna, ...
Vietnamese:Gehenna, địa ngục trần gian, ...

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