- Transliteration: Geenna

- Phonetic: gheh'-en-nah

- Definition:

1. Hell is the place of the future punishment call "Gehenna" or "Gehenna of fire". This was originally the valley of Hinnom, south of Jerusalem, where the filth and dead animals of the city were cast out and burned; a fit symbol of the wicked and their future destruction.

- Origin: of hebrew origin H1516" class="dictionary-topic-link">H1516 and H2011" class="dictionary-topic-link">H2011

- TDNT entry: 11:57,1

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: Of hebrew origin ([H1516" class="dictionary-topic-link">H1516] and [H2011" class="dictionary-topic-link">H2011]); valley of (the son of) Hinnom; gehenna (or Ge-Hinnom) a valley of Jerusalem used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment: - hell.