Gehenna is the Greek form of the name given to the "Valley of the sons of Hinnom", a place just outside the walls of old Jerusalem, where the rubbish from the city was burned. It appears in this form in some translations (see Young's Literal Translation), and in the KJV, but in the NIV it is translated as 'Hell' (q.v.).

The Valley of Hinnom was originally a place where pagan sacrifices, sometimes human sacrifices, were offered (see Joshua 15:8; 2 Chronicles 28:3). At the time of Christ's ministry, the bodies of executed criminals would be thrown into 'Gehenna' to be burnt (see Matthew 5:29). In the Gospels, Jesus several times warns that destruction in Gehenna (i.e. total destruction) awaits those who do not obey God: "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell [Greek: Gehenna]." (Matthew 10:28).

Gehenna probably corresponds with the 'lake of fire' in Revelation 19:20; 20:10; 20:14-15; 21:8. "But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars-their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death." (Revelation 21:8).

Gehenna
Genesis
Gentiles
Ghosts
  1. To "give up the ghost"
  2. "Holy Ghost"
Glory
God
Old Testament names for God
  El
  Eloah
  Elah
  El Shaddai
  Elohim
  Yahweh
Gog, Magog
Gospel
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Grapevine
Grave