Strong's Number G1067

γέεννα

geenna · gheh'-en-nah

Transliteration:

geenna{gheh'-en-nah}

Word Origin:

of Hebrew origin 1516 and 2011

TDNT:

1:657,113

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

hell 12, hell fire 3588 4442 3

Total: 12
Occurs 12 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

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.