Etymology
The word "gehenna" comes from the Hebrew word גֵיהֶנָּם (Gehinnom), which was the name of a valley near Jerusalem where the ancient Israelites practised child sacrifice to the god Molech.
Meaning
Gehenna is a term used in the Bible to refer to a place of eternal punishment and suffering, often associated with hell. It is often contrasted with the concept of heaven, a place of eternal joy and happiness.
Origin
The valley of Gehenna was initially used as a place of pagan worship and sacrifice. According to the Bible, King Josiah later defiled the valley and made it a place of garbage disposal and burning corpses, thus associating it with a place of punishment and horror.
In the New Testament, Jesus refers to Gehenna several times as a place of eternal torment reserved for the wicked. This concept of Gehenna as a place of punishment was also adopted by later Christian and Islamic traditions.
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