Strong's Lexicon
Hinnom: Hinnom
Original Word:הִנֹּם
Part of Speech:Proper Name Location
Transliteration:Hinnom
Pronunciation:hin-NOHM
Phonetic Spelling:(hin-nome')
Definition:Hinnom
Meaning:Hinnom
Word Origin:Likely derived from an unknown root, possibly related to lamentation or mourning.
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: -G1067 (γέεννα, Gehenna): Used in the New Testament to refer to hell or the place of final punishment.
Usage:Hinnom refers to a valley located to the south of Jerusalem, known as the Valley of Hinnom. It is historically significant in the Bible as a place associated with idolatrous practices, including child sacrifice to the god Molech. The valley later became synonymous with judgment and was used as a symbol for hell or Gehenna in the New Testament.
Cultural and Historical Background:The Valley of Hinnom, or Gehenna, was a site of pagan worship where the Israelites, influenced by surrounding cultures, engaged in the detestable practice of child sacrifice. This practice was condemned by the prophets and led to the valley being cursed. In later Jewish thought, the valley became a symbol of divine judgment and the final place of punishment for the wicked. By the time of the New Testament, Gehenna was understood as a metaphor for hell.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originof uncertain derivation
Definitiona valley S.W. of Jer.
NASB TranslationBen-hinnom* (7), Hinnom (6).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
(derivation & meaning dubious; according to Sim Bö Gf and others =
wailing, Arabic
from cries of children (see below), but this improbable) — only in , & abbreviated ,
, (Joshua 15:8 (twice in verse)Joshua 18:16;Joshua 18:16; 2Chronicles 28:3,L ; ) 2 Chronicles 33:6,L ; elsewhere usually . () ) — compare below ; — as mere topographical term , boundary between Judah & BenjaminJoshua 15:8;Joshua 18:16; alsoJoshua 15:8;Joshua 18:16 (all P) compareNehemiah 11:30; elsewhere always (2 Kings 23:10 Kt has , Qr & singular), & always with reference to the sacrifice of children by fire,2 Kings 23:10; 2Chronicles 28:3; 33:6;Jeremiah 7:31,32;Jeremiah 19:2,6;Jeremiah 32:35; on account of this inhuman & idolatrous practice it was abhorred by priest & prophet, & defiled by Josiah; this conception afterward developed, throughIsaiah 66:24, into JewishGehinnom (compare WeberSynagog. Theol. 326 ff. DiBuch Henoch. 131 f.) & NT . On locality compare RobBR ii. 273 f. ToblTopogr. ii 39 ff. BdPal 103; modern name (of lower half of valley, toward southeast)Wady er-Rabâbi.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Hinnom
Probably of foreign origin; Hinnom, apparently a Jebusite -- Hinnom.
Forms and Transliterations
הִנֹּ֑ם הִנֹּ֔ם הִנֹּ֗ם הִנֹּ֜ם הִנֹּֽם׃ הִנֹּם֙ הנם הנם׃ hin·nōm hinNom hinnōm
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