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 Valley of Hinnom self-linksurface differs
surface form: Topheth

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

Valley of Hinnom self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gē ben Hinnom
hasViewOf walls of the Old City of Jerusalem
surface form: 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 UNESCO World Heritage Site
surface form: Old City of Jerusalem

Temple Mount
mentionedIn Book of 2 Kings
Book of Jeremiah
Book of Joshua
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible
surface form: Old Testament
modernUse archaeological area
cultural venue
urban park area
near Kidron Valley
Zion
surface form: Mount 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 Valley of Hinnom
this entity surface form: Ge Hinnom
Hinnom Valley alsoKnownAs Valley of Hinnom
this entity surface form: Gehenna
Hinnom Valley hasNameInGreek Valley of Hinnom
this entity surface form: Γέεννα (Gehenna)
Hinnom Valley associatedWithSite Valley of Hinnom
this entity surface form: Topheth
Valley of Hinnom hasTransliteration Valley of Hinnom self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gē ben Hinnom
Valley of Hinnom hasTransliteration Valley of Hinnom self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ge Hinnom
Valley of Hinnom associatedWith Valley of Hinnom self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Topheth
Valley of Hinnom containsSite Valley of Hinnom self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Topheth
גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם hasTransliteration Valley of Hinnom
this entity surface form: Ge Ben-Hinnom
גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם etymologyContains Valley of Hinnom
this entity surface form: “Ben Hinnom” meaning “son of Hinnom”
גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם associatedWith Valley of Hinnom
this entity surface form: Topheth
Field of Blood hasBiblicalName Valley of Hinnom
this entity surface form: Akeldama
Field of Blood hasBiblicalName Valley of Hinnom
this entity surface form: Aceldama
Field of Blood isLocatedIn Valley of Hinnom
Field of Blood hasModernIdentification Valley of Hinnom
this entity surface form: Potter’s Field near Hinnom Valley
Moloch linkedTo Valley of Hinnom
this entity surface form: Tophet in the Valley of Hinnom
Moloch associatedRitualLocation Valley of Hinnom