Latin definition for: gehenna, gehennae

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. (from valley near Jerusalem where children were sacrificed to Moloch)
  2. hell
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
  • Geography: Near East
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)

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