Hinnom Valley

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Hinnom Valley is a ravine on the southwestern side of Jerusalem historically associated with ancient rites and later symbolic of judgment in Jewish and Christian tradition.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hinnom Valley canonical 5
Hinnom Valley slopes 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
ravine
valley
alsoKnownAs Ge Hinnom
linked to: Valley of Hinnom

Gehenna
linked to: Valley of Hinnom

Valley of Hinnom
archaeologicalFindsInclude burial caves
tombs
associatedWithConcept afterlife judgment
divine judgment
punishment
associatedWithDeity Baal
Molech
linked to: Baal
associatedWithPractice child sacrifice
associatedWithReligion Christianity
Judaism
associatedWithSite Topheth
linked to: Valley of Hinnom
borders Mount Zion
linked to: Zion

Old City of Jerusalem
connectedTo Kidron Valley
Tyropoeon Valley
flowsInto Kidron Valley
hasFeature seasonal watercourse
steep slopes
hasNameInGreek Γέεννα (Gehenna)
linked to: Valley of Hinnom
hasNameInHebrew גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם
hasTheologicalRole metaphor for eschatological punishment
warning image in prophetic literature
historicalPeriodOfCulticUse First Temple period
influencedTerm Gehenna as term for hell
locatedIn Israel
Jerusalem
locatedOnSideOf southwestern side of Jerusalem
mentionedInBook Book of 2 Kings
Book of Jeremiah
Book of Joshua
mentionedInText Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament
linked to: Bible
modernUse cultural events venue
urban park areas
near Jaffa Gate
Zion Gate
overlookedBy West Jerusalem neighborhoods
linked to: West Jerusalem
partOf Judean Hills region
linked to: Judean Mountains
symbolicMeaningInChristianity image of hell
symbolicMeaningInJudaism place of punishment
usedAs boundary of tribal territories in biblical texts

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Temple Mount borderedBy Hinnom Valley
Jerusalem hasBodyOfWater Hinnom Valley
Abu Tor borderedBy Hinnom Valley
Field of Blood hasTraditionalSiteNear Hinnom Valley
Western Hill of Jerusalem contains Hinnom Valley slopes
linked to: Hinnom Valley