Valley of Hinnom

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biblical location geographical feature ravine valley

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.

Aliases (7)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical location → geographical feature → ravine → valley →
associatedWith	Topheth → child sacrifice → divine judgment → eschatological punishment → fire rituals → idolatry → worship of Baal → worship of Molech →
containsSite	Topheth →
country	Israel →
developedIntoConcept	Gehenna →
flowsInto	Kidron Valley →
hasAnglicizedForm	Gehenna →
hasArchaeologicalFinds	Iron Age remains → burial caves → tombs →
hasGreekName	Γέεννα →
hasNameInHebrew	גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם → גיא הנם →
hasTransliteration	Ge Hinnom → Gē ben 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 → Old Testament →
modernUse	archaeological area → cultural venue → urban park area →
near	Kidron Valley → Mount Zion → Valley of Rephaim →
partOf	Jerusalem basin →
symbolOf	hell → place of destruction → place of punishment →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hinnom Valley → Hinnom Valley ("Ge Hinnom") → Hinnom Valley ("Gehenna") →	alsoKnownAs
Valley of Hinnom ("Gē ben Hinnom") → Valley of Hinnom ("Ge Hinnom") → גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם ("Ge Ben-Hinnom") →	hasTransliteration
Valley of Hinnom ("Topheth") →	associatedWith
Hinnom Valley ("Topheth") →	associatedWithSite
Valley of Hinnom ("Topheth") →	containsSite
גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם ("“Ben Hinnom” meaning “son of Hinnom”") →	etymologyContains
גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם →	hasAlternativeName
Hinnom Valley ("Γέεννα (Gehenna)") →	hasNameInGreek