Valley of Hinnom

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The Valley of Hinnom is a ravine south of Jerusalem historically associated with ancient sacrificial practices and later symbolic of judgment or hell in Jewish and Christian tradition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical location
geographical feature
ravine
valley
associatedWith Topheth
linked to: Valley of Hinnom

child sacrifice
divine judgment
eschatological punishment
fire rituals
idolatry
worship of Baal
worship of Molech
linked to: Moloch
containsSite Topheth
linked to: Valley of Hinnom
country Israel
developedIntoConcept Gehenna
linked to: Hell
flowsInto Kidron Valley
hasAnglicizedForm Gehenna
linked to: Hell
hasArchaeologicalFinds Iron Age remains
burial caves
tombs
hasGreekName Γέεννα
hasNameInHebrew גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם
גיא הנם
hasTransliteration Ge Hinnom
linked to: Valley of Hinnom

Gē ben Hinnom
linked to: Valley of Hinnom
hasViewOf Old City walls of Jerusalem
importantInReligion Christianity
Judaism
Second Temple Judaism
influencedConcept Christian doctrine of hell
isSubjectOf biblical exegesis
theological debate
locatedIn Jerusalem
locatedSouthOf Old City of Jerusalem
Temple Mount
mentionedIn Book of 2 Kings
Book of Jeremiah
Book of Joshua
Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament
linked to: Bible
modernUse archaeological area
cultural venue
urban park area
near Kidron Valley
Mount Zion
linked to: Zion

Valley of Rephaim
partOf Jerusalem basin
symbolOf hell
place of destruction
place of punishment

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Hinnom Valley alsoKnownAs Valley of Hinnom
Hinnom Valley alsoKnownAs Ge Hinnom
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Hinnom Valley alsoKnownAs Gehenna
linked to: Valley of Hinnom
Hinnom Valley hasNameInGreek Γέεννα (Gehenna)
linked to: Valley of Hinnom
Hinnom Valley associatedWithSite Topheth
linked to: Valley of Hinnom
Valley of Hinnom hasTransliteration Gē ben Hinnom
linked to: Valley of Hinnom
Valley of Hinnom hasTransliteration Ge Hinnom
linked to: Valley of Hinnom
Valley of Hinnom associatedWith Topheth
linked to: Valley of Hinnom
Valley of Hinnom containsSite Topheth
linked to: Valley of Hinnom
גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם hasTransliteration Ge Ben-Hinnom
linked to: Valley of Hinnom
גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם etymologyContains “Ben Hinnom” meaning “son of Hinnom”
linked to: Valley of Hinnom
גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם associatedWith Topheth
linked to: Valley of Hinnom
Field of Blood hasBiblicalName Akeldama
linked to: Valley of Hinnom
Field of Blood hasBiblicalName Aceldama
linked to: Valley of Hinnom
Field of Blood isLocatedIn Valley of Hinnom
Field of Blood hasModernIdentification Potter’s Field near Hinnom Valley
linked to: Valley of Hinnom
Moloch linkedTo Tophet in the Valley of Hinnom
linked to: Valley of Hinnom
Moloch associatedRitualLocation Valley of Hinnom