gĕhenna — Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary

gĕhenna, ae, f., = γέεννα (Hebrew, Ge-Hinnom, Ge-Ben-Hinnom), a valley near Jerusalem where children were offered to Moloch; hence, transf., hell, Vulg. Matt. 5, 22 sq.; 10, 28; 18, 9 al.; Tert. Apol. 47; Prud. Cath. 6, 111; 11, 112; Aus. Ephem. ap. Orat. 56 et saep.— Deriv. gĕhen-nālis, e, hellish, of hell: incendium, Cassiod. Amic. 22, § 32: poenae, id. ib. 24, § 4.

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gĕhenna

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gĕhenna

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gehenna

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gehenna

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