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Sophocles, Fragment 698

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

gĕhenna: ae, f., = γέεννα (Hebrew, Ge-Hinnom, Ge-Ben-Hinnom), a valley near Jerusalem where children were offered to Moloch;
I hence, transf., hell, Vulg. Matt. 5, 22 sq.; 10, 28; 18, 9 al.; Tert. Apol. 47; Prud. Cath. 6, 111; 11, 112; Aus. Ephem. ap. Orat. 56 et saep.—
II Deriv. gĕhen-nālis, e, hellish, of hell: incendium, Cassiod. Amic. 22, § 32: poenae, id. ib. 24, § 4.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

gĕhenna, æ, f. [mot hébreu], géhenne, enfer : Tert. Apol. 47.

Latin > German (Georges)

gehenna (geenna), ae, f., die Hölle, Eccl. – Dav. gehennālis, e, höllisch, incendium, Cassiod. de amic. 22. § 32: poenae, ibid. 24. § 4.

Latin > English

gehenna gehennae N F :: hell; (from valley near Jerusalem where children were sacrificed to Moloch)